"pincer attack" meaning in All languages combined

See pincer attack on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pincer attacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pincer attack (plural pincer attacks)
  1. (military) An attack in which two or more forces attack from multiple sides at once. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-pincer_attack-en-noun-AYbzwRsE Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (military) An attack in which two or more forces attack from multiple sides at once.
    A set of simultaneous attacks against the flanks of an enemy salient in order to cut off and trap the enemy in an encirclement.
    Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-pincer_attack-en-noun-BubLIQY~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (attack from multiple sides): кле́щи (kléšti) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), sevření do kleští [neuter] (Czech), knibtangsmanøvre [common-gender] (Danish), tangbeweging [feminine] (Dutch), pihtiliike (Finnish), mouvement en tenaille [masculine] (French), gluaiseacht phionsúir [feminine] (Irish), pionsúrghluaiseacht [feminine] (Irish), 挟み撃ち (hasamiuchi) (Japanese), 挟撃 (kyōgeki) (Japanese), 협격 (hyeopgyeok) (alt: 挾擊) (Korean), 협공 (hyeopgong) (alt: 挾攻) (Korean), حملهٔ گازانبری (hamle-ye gâz-anbori) (Persian), manewr okrążający [masculine] (Polish), взять в клещи (vzjatʹ v klešči) (Russian), obuhvatni napad [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), movimiento de pinza [masculine] (Spanish), movimiento de doble embolsamiento [masculine] (Spanish), kniptångsmanöver [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'attack from multiple sides': 50 50

Inflected forms

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