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词汇 pincer-movement
释义 pincer movement
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˈpɪn.sə ˌmuːv.mənt/ us /ˈpɪn.sɚ ˌmuːv.mənt/
a type of attack in which two parts of an army follow curved paths towards each other in an attempt to surround and then defeat the enemy(军事进攻中的)钳形围攻
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Attacking & invading
advance guard
aggressor
ambush
beleaguer
beleaguered
besiege
blitz
cyberbullying
cyberwarfare
declare war on someone/something
false flag
foray
full-frontal assault
hit and run
post-attack
post-conquest
pre-emption
privateer
raid
swoop

Examples of pincer movement


pincer movement
Such an ideological pincermovement cannot easily be assailed with the common sense of policy making.
Education in this country will never come right until there is a pincermovement against the educational establishment.
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Under the sort of pincermovement of controls and punishing taxes, commercial courage and independence are being gradually eroded.
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The consequences of their policies when in government meant that those seeking homes were caught in a vicious, cruel pincermovement.
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Universities are being squeezed by a pincermovement.
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Local authorities are being squeezed in a pincermovement.
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It seems that an unfortunate pincermovement is being deployed, whether wittingly or unwittingly—who knows, in this day of consensual politics?
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Such a combination would produce a pincermovement of good production, good environment, and good commercial advantage for our farmers.
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I have a sense of being within a pincermovement.
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They have been caught in a pincermovement.
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A pincermovement appears to be making almost impossible the survival of some of the colleges.
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Local authorities are at the centre of a complete pincermovement.
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What we should aim at is a pincermovement of democratic control.
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That is a double pincermovement on the living standards of many people.
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The sort of manoeuvres described do not conform to a classic pincermovement.
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