WordNet
n. a move made to gain a tactical end [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical manoeuvre]
Usage examples of "tactical maneuver".
He frowned, wondering why the Americans had decided to pull such a stupid tactical maneuver.
I detect no weapons, no explosives, no indication of tactical maneuver.
The same humming certainty that filled her as she grappled with a complex tactical maneuver filled her now as all the pieces snapped instantly and intuitively into place.
A ship bled over ninety percent of its velocity as it broke each hyper-space wall in a downward translation, which could be a handy tactical maneuver.
The New Republican Navy might think a closed timelike loop to be only a petty tactical maneuver, but it was the thin end of a wedge.
In between, there is anywhere from one to three weeks of tactical maneuver, false starts, and arduous cut-and-thrust flirtation.
After an important tactical maneuver went awry, she exclaimed, The Americans, as usual, were waiting for us.
After an important tactical maneuver went awry, she exclaimed, “.
Sisko said tightly, racking his brain for a tactical maneuver that would solve this.
The barb hit with obvious impact, but lanthe made short work of a tactical maneuver.
He planned the execution of the heads of the five Families in one grand tactical maneuver.