pincer movement
1pincer movement — noun An advance that closes in on an enemy force from two sides simultaneously • • • Main Entry: ↑pincer * * * noun, pl ⋯ ments [count] : a military attack by two groups of soldiers that approach an enemy position from two different directions at …
2pincer movement — pincer movements N COUNT A pincer movement is an attack by an army or other group in which they attack their enemies in two places at once with the aim of surrounding them. They are moving in a pincer movement to cut the republic in two …
3pincer movement — pincer .movement n a military attack in which two groups of soldiers come from opposite directions in order to trap the enemy between them …
4pincer movement — pincer ,movement noun count an attempt to surround an enemy by attacking them from the front and both sides …
5Pincer movement — A pincer movement whereby the red force envelops the advancing blue force …
6pincer movement — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pincer movement : singular pincer movement plural pincer movements an attempt to surround an enemy by attacking them from the front and both sides …
7pincer movement — noun a movement by two separate bodies of troops converging on the enemy …
8pincer movement — noun Date: 1938 1. a military attack by two coordinated forces that close in on an enemy position from different directions 2. a combination of two forces acting against an opposing force …
9pincer movement — operation in which enemy forces are crushed by surrounding forces …
10pincer movement — noun (C) a military attack in which two groups of soldiers come from opposite directions in order to trap the enemy between them …
