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pincer attacks

pincer attacks is the plural of pincer attack.

Meaning of pincer attack

Noun

pincer attack (plural pincer attacks)

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

Questions about pincer attacks

What is pincer attacks the plural of?
Pincer attacks is the plural of pincer attack.

Words near pincer attacks in the dictionary

  1. pincases
  2. pince-nez
  3. pince-nezed
  4. pincer
  5. pincer attack
  6. pincer attacks
  7. pincer gate
  8. pincer gates
  9. pincer movement
  10. pincer movements
  11. pincered

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