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(military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.
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(chess) The row on the board on which the pieces (e.g. king, queen) start.
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(figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
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(obsolete, uncountable) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops or of a naval force, ready for action.
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an operational naval task force consisting of a variety of surface combatants designed to operate as a coordinated unit; subdivided into battle groups
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Alternative form of battleground. [A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.]
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(military, army) The notional line on either side of which opposing forces are arrayed, and at which they meet in battle; a fortified line, short of the line where battle is expected, and behind which forces are arrayed; a forward line of infantry or other force, prepared for battle.
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(military) A map showing the location of a battle and the things needed to oversee the course of the battle, including positions of troops, armaments, battlements and trenches, supply lines, etc.
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A daily routine or order of business, especially as assumed by a military organization or during crisis.
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the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons ready to fight a battle.
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Alternative form of battlefield [The area where a land battle is or was fought, which is not necessarily a field.]
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The area where a land battle is or was fought, which is not necessarily a field.
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The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
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A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
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The planned strategy and tactics to be used in a battle.
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(military) The conditions of battle, including terrain, weather, infrastructure, etc., considered in a unified military strategy to integrate and combine armed forces for the military theatre of operations.
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Alternative form of battle station [(military) The position taken by a member of a military force when preparing for battle]
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(US, Canada) To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.
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(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
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(aviation, travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
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A line of entrenchment made against an enemy's lines.
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(UK, naval) A formal parade of a ship's or shore establishment's company.
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(military) The line of battle of one's enemy.
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Alternative form of extended order drill [(military) Practice in battle formations and maneuvers.]
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One who avoids having to pay for public transportation, often illegally; a fare dodger.
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(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
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(military) A front, or a boundary between opposing positions.
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(historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
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A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.
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(military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
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(idiomatic) A defining moment; a cutoff point.
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An approach to addressing a problem.
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(military) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver.
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The demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent.
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(military) Arrangement of troops for marching.
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(military) That portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object.
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(in the plural, military, historical) The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
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(military) The arrangement of units or other divisions of the armed forces in combat; specifically, the deployment plans of an enemy, or a written record of this.
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(obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
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(military) A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
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(military) A given point or body upon which troops are formed, or by which they are marched in line or column.
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(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
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(military) A terrain or installation for testing weapons, military equipment, or tactics.
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(military) A designated area for troops to concentrate upon; a sign marking such area
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(figuratively) A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is wrong.
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(UK, historical or obsolete) A club established by James Harrington in 1659 to advocate term limits and rotation of government offices; other similar clubs of the era.
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A route taken by someone in authority.
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(health) A brief single-sheet form that provides details of a patient.
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A salesman who has a particular route.
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The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
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The battlefronts were often no more than a few hundred yards wide, and the salients never more than a few miles deep.
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a car trip to and from the school to transport a student.
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Alternative form of school run [increased traffic due to the number of parents taking or collecting their children to and from school by car.]
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(military) The second battle line used to support the front line.
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(travel, aviation) to check a bag through to an intermediate point on an itinerary rather than the destination.
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Alternative spelling of space travel [travel through space in order to visit and explore other worlds]
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Alternative form of speed hump [speed bump]
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The chain of transportation mechanisms supplying food and materiel to an army in battle, or other field operation.
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Any thinly spread military unit holding firm against attack.
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(military) A flag on the edge of a minefield.
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(informal) A person who helps hikers, cyclists, etc. by voluntarily maintaining trails, offering food and transportation, etc.
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(intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
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The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
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The front line of any field of endeavor, as the line of scrimmage in American football, patrol duty for a policeman.
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(US, of a facility) Accessed by walking, either exclusively, as a campground, or together with drive-in access, as at some drive-in movie theaters.
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Synonym of battlefront (“region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat”)
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(US, slang) The third row of seats in a station wagon, especially rear-facing.
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