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evasive actions

evasive actions is the plural of evasive action.

Meaning of evasive action

Noun

evasive action (usually uncountable, plural evasive actions)

  1. (usually) Physical movement performed in order to avoid a collision with something (such as a vehicle or missile).
    • The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest...2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 5:50 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022
    Synonyms:
    dodge

Questions about evasive actions

What is evasive actions the plural of?
Evasive actions is the plural of evasive action.

Words near evasive actions in the dictionary

  1. evasion
  2. evasional
  3. evasions
  4. evasive
  5. evasive action
  6. evasive actions
  7. evasively
  8. evasiveness
  9. evasivenesses
  10. evat
  11. evatromonoside

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