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beachhead
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
beachhead \beach"head`\ n. an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held to allow aditional troops and supplies to enter. Syn: bridgehead, foothold.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But music, not words, was the cultural beachhead of the new invasion. ▪ In 1976 the counterculture still had a solid beachhead in Athens, Ohio. ▪ In support of the build-up of beachheads, naval ships, directed by observers ashore ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A beachhead is a temporary line created when a military unit reaches a landing beach by sea and begins to defend the area while other reinforcements help out until a unit large enough to begin advancing has arrived. The term is sometimes used interchangeably ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation; "the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead" an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1940, in reference to German military tactics in World War II, from beach (n.) + head (n.), on the model of bridgehead , but the image doesn't quite work.
Usage examples of beachhead.
Right afterward the Arg fighter-bombers hit the beachhead with bombs and machine-gun fire, killing forty-seven men, injuring another fifty, and wiping out five of our six attack helicopters.
The ideal time for establishment of their beachhead in Auca territory would be early January during the full of the moon.
Black Prince and Erebus, for 50 minutes following H-hour, bombarded heavy German batteries north of the beachhead, using air spot.
Suddenly it all made sense, this mad rush to throw beachheads and encirclement forces at the Human worlds.
Five more beachheads, before their first three target worlds had even been pacified?
The fourth and fifth Zhirrzh beachheads were now established on Human-Conqueror worlds, with encirclement forces on guard overhead.
Warrior Command was preparing expeditionary forces against more of the Human worlds, forces that were supposedly going to be launched before the current beachheads were anything but minimally secured.
CIRCE against us implies that our beachheads have indeed trapped one or more of its components out of their reach.
There was a war for survival under way, with Zhirrzh beachheads under constant threat and an assault fleet poised for a make-or-break attack on the Human-Conqueror surveillance installations on Phormbi.
The eight beachheads they held in Human-Conqueror territory were still holding firm under enemy pressure, though three of them just barely.
Tierra del Fuego, blocked explosive harpoons with their Zodiacs, lived for months at a time in Antarctica, established a beachhead on the Siberian coast.
Deux Magots, where the existentialists had established their original beachhead.
He had opened a posh nightspot in the heart of downtown Phoenix, seeking thus to establish a beachhead, to drive home a wedge that would pry the town open for full-scale invasion.
They'd survived a dismasting off Tierra del Fuego, blocked explosive harpoons with their Zodiacs, lived for months at a time in Antarctica, established a beachhead on the Siberian coast.
If they would but suck Halsey out of the way, he could perhaps bull through San Bernardino Strait and annihilate the MacArthur beachhead with his giant guns.