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Strategic point

Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. ? of or for a general: cf. F. strat['e]gique.] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- Stra*te"gic*al*ly, adv.

Strategic line (Mil.), a line joining strategic points.

Strategic point (Mil.), any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc.

Usage examples of "strategic point".

The main tunnel was the oldest and most strategic point of contact.

Seize and hold a very important strategic point just a few days before The Modern Knights and their armies arrive.

She knew this much and conceded that this was, from a strategic point of view, an excellent plan.

From a strategic point of view, Algaria was nothing more than a vast trap, and the Dragon-God had sprung it on himself.

Father Captain de Soya knew from his courses in military history at Pax Fleet Command School that almost all space engagements fought more than half an AU from a planet, moon, asteroid, or strategic point-source in space were entered in mutual agreement.

From a strategic point of view, though, those insignificant walls are a godsend.

Only quick reflexes saved him from a well-aimed knee at a strategic point.

It may even decide the Sharnhaishians have to stop using their Romans entirely, but that may take centuries, and in the meantime, Sharnhaishian is shipping them from one strategic point to another and taking them away from the rest of us.

Sulu's suggestion has considerable merit from a strategic point of view.

A sunburst of black cultured pearls was sewn at that strategic point, with strings of black pearls swinging from the sunburst.

From a strategic point of view, VI isn't exactly a logical target for an act of war.