to secure a position against attack
1secure — [si kyoor′] adj. [L securus < se , free from, apart (see SECEDE) + cura, care: see CURE] 1. free from fear, care, doubt, or anxiety; not worried, troubled, or apprehensive 2. free from danger; not exposed to damage, attack, etc.; safe 3. in… …
2secure — 1 verb (T) 1 to get or achieve something that will be permanent, especially after a lot of effort: UN negotiators are still trying to secure the release of the hostages. | a deal to secure the company s future 2 to make something safe from being… …
3secure — se|cure1 S3 [sıˈkuə US ˈkjur] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(permanent/certain)¦ 2¦(place/building)¦ 3¦(safe from harm)¦ 4¦(confident)¦ 5¦(not worried)¦ 6¦(firmly fastened)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: securus, from se without + cura care …
4secure — securable, adj. securely, adv. secureness, n. securer, n. /si kyoor /, adj., securer, securest, v., secured, securing. adj. 1. free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe …
5Attack on the Sui-ho Dam — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Attack on the Sui ho Dam partof=Korean War caption= date=June 23–June 24, 1952 place=Sui Ho (Sup ung ho), Choshin (Changjin, Fusen (Pujǒn), and Kyosen (P ungsan), North Korea result=United Nations victory… …
6secure — [[t]sɪkjʊ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ secures, securing, secured 1) VERB If you secure something that you want or need, you obtain it, often after a lot of effort. [FORMAL] [V n] Federal leaders continued their efforts to secure a ceasefire... [V n n] Graham s… …
7War against Nabis — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War against Nabis caption=The Southern Peloponessus date= 195 BC place=Laconia and Argolid territory=Argos to the Achaean League, Laconian coastal cities become independent under Achean protection as Union of… …
8Cold boot attack — In cryptography, a cold boot attack (or to a lesser extent, a platform reset attack) is a type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer is able to retrieve encryption keys from a running operating system… …
9PNS Mehran attack — Part of series of insurgent attacks in Pakistan Date 22–23 May 2011 Location Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan …
10Women Against Pornography — (WAP) was a radical feminist activist group based out of New York City and an influential force in the anti pornography movement of the late 1970s and 1980s. WAP was the best known of a number of feminist anti pornography groups that were active… …
