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pincer attack en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. An attack in which two or more forces attack from multiple sides at once.
  2. An attack in which two or more forces attack from multiple sides at once. ▸ A set of simultaneous attacks against the flanks of an enemy salient in order to cut off and trap the enemy in an encirclement.

Forms

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Translations (23)

nl tangbeweging (attack from multiple sides) · fr mouvement en tenaille (attack from multiple sides) · fi pihtiliike (attack from multiple sides) · es movimiento de doble embolsamiento (attack from multiple sides) · nan-hbl 雙頭夾 /双头夹 (attack from multiple sides) · bg кле́щи (attack from multiple sides) · fa حملهٔ گازانبری (attack from multiple sides) · sv kniptångsmanöver (attack from multiple sides) · sh obuhvatni napad (attack from multiple sides) · ko 협공 (attack from multiple sides) · ru взять в клещи (attack from multiple sides) · es movimiento de pinza (attack from multiple sides) · ko 협격 (attack from multiple sides) · ga gluaiseacht phionsúir (attack from multiple sides) · ja 挟み撃ち (attack from multiple sides) · cs obchvat (attack from multiple sides) · cmn 夾擊 /夹击 (attack from multiple sides) · cs sevření do kleští (attack from multiple sides) · pl manewr okrążający (attack from multiple sides) · ja 挟撃 (attack from multiple sides) · da knibtangsmanøvre (attack from multiple sides) · ga pionsúrghluaiseacht (attack from multiple sides) · cmn 夾攻 /夹攻 (attack from multiple sides)

wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad