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UK
/stɹətˈiːdʒɪk/
]
[ US /stɹəˈtidʒɪk/ ]
[ US /stɹəˈtidʒɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war
strategic withdrawal
strategic bombing missions
a strategic chess move -
relating to or concerned with strategy
strategic considerations
the islands are of strategic importance
strategic weapon
How To Use strategic In A Sentence
- The term "strategic" came up again earlier this year, when Ontario's provincial government set up a committee to debate a proposed merger between London Stock Exchange Group PLC and TMX Group Inc., operator of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Turns Wary Eye to Foreign Bids
- We must remember that the prime motive for Housmann's boulevards and circuses was to ensure that a strategically placed cannon could fire down many streets, quelling the citizens who were periodically disposed to revolution.
- One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
- Through a series of strategic puns Sukenick associates the collection of evidence, analysis and causal sequence with political totalitarianism.
- Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
- This will in the future be a major factor in the evolution of the geopolitical and geostrategic situation in different parts of the world.
- A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
- Thus, they determine the feasibility of strategic and tactical plans.
- Soldiers were positioned at strategic points in the city and at election rallies where huge crowds gathered.
- Strategic policy during the War was vitiated because of a sharp division between "easterners" and "westerners".