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plural tactics
A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. quotations examples
Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic).
2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect, number Fall 2019
(military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
(chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material. examples
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(dated, military) Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics. quotations
But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering WarHas handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will wooAll sciences that speed Bellona's car,All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia
(chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical examples