Usually means: Encirclement tactic from two sides.
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  1. pincer movement: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pincer movement: Merriam-Webster
  3. pincer movement: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pincer movement: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pincer movement: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pincer movement: Dictionary.com
  7. Pincer movement: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pincer movement: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. pincer movement: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  Synonym of pincer attack

Similar:
pincer attack, snap, swack, pinch, holding action, fork, clutch, sting, handygripes, handgrip, more...

Opposite:
flanking maneuver, encirclement, frontal assault

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Similar:
pincer attack, snap, swack, pinch, holding action, fork, clutch, sting, handygripes, handgrip, more...

Opposite:
flanking maneuver, encirclement, frontal assault



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