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evasive action

n. an action aimed at evading an opponent [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre]

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Evasive Action

Evasive Action may refer to:

  • Evasive Action (webcomic)
  • Evasive Action, an older computer game
  • Evasive Action (film), a 1998 film directed by Jerry P. Jacobs
Evasive Action (film)

Evasive Action is a 1998 American action film directed by Jerry P. Jacobs, and stars Roy Scheider, Dorian Harewood and Ray Wise.

Usage examples of "evasive action".

Tycho was in pursuit of a Blade, being pursued by another, and was sending laser fire in both directions, meanwhile slewing about in evasive action.

At 23:49, we received a SITREP from Admiral Patterson NE of Okinawa indicating that the Task Force is under attack, that several vessels were lost, and that he was taking evasive action.

The two Sukhoi-27 Flanker fighters that had given chase were the only ones able to spot the missile launches and take evasive action in time, and the Viper missiles chasing them exploded harmlessly after their propellant was exhausted.

Yet what they knew or didn't know made no difference to TFNS Goeben, and she watched the ship go to violent evasive action.

Thirty seconds passed before light speed sensors even detected TF 21's launch, and there was no time to react, no time to take evasive action or bring active defenses on-line.

Then a whirlwind enveloped the battling suits, and both pilots took evasive action.

But the kamikazes went into evasive action, and fresh formations of gunboats appeared to complicate the tactical picture.