border outpost

  • 1Border outpost — For other uses, see Outpost. A border outpost[1], border out post[2], border observation post[3] or BOP[4][5] is an outpost maintained by a sovereign state on its border, usually one of a series placed at regular intervals, to watch over and… …

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  • 2border outpost — small town located on a boundary …

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  • 3Outpost — may refer to: Places: Outpost (military) Outpost (civilian) Outpost (Border) Outpost (human) Outpost Estates, Los Angeles, California, a canyon neighborhood Outpost Islands, Nunavut, Canada In entertainment: Outpost (1981 computer game), an… …

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  • 4Outpost (military) — For other uses, see Outpost. An Outpost in military terminology essentially means a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location, positioned to… …

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  • 5Border checkpoint — The San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego Tijuana is the second busiest border crossing in the world.[1] A border checkpoint is a place, generally between two countries, where travellers and/or goods are inspected. Authorization often is… …

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  • 6border — [n1] outermost edge, margin bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, confine, end, extremity, fringe, hem, limit, line, lip, outskirt, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, skirt, trim, trimming, verge; concepts 484,827 Ant. center,… …

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  • 7border — I noun ambit, borderland, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, circumjacence, confine, contiguity, edge, edging, end, enframement, extremity, flange, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, ledge, limit, line of demarcation, marge, margin, outline …

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  • 8outpost — index border, frontier, periphery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 9outpost — [out′pōst΄] n. 1. Mil. a) a small group stationed at a distance from the main force in order to prevent an enemy surprise attack b) the place or station occupied by such a group c) any military base away from the home country 2. a settlement on a …

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  • 10Border Princes — Torchwoodbook title=Border Princes number=2 featuring=Jack Harkness Gwen Cooper Owen Harper Toshiko Sato Ianto JonesJames Mayer writer=Dan Abnett publisher=BBC Books isbn=ISBN 978 0 563 48654 1 set between= Ghost Machine and Cyberwoman pages=254… …

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