tacticaltac‧tic‧al /ˈtæktɪkəl/ ●○○ adjective 
Two players were substituted for tactical reasons.tactical move/decision/ploy a tactical decision to send in troopstactical error/mistake/blunder (=a mistake that will harm your plans later)2tactical weapon/missile a missile that is sent a short distance in military battle3relating to the way military forces are arranged in a battle—tactically /-kli/ adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a tactical advantage
- a tactical army unit
- They have agreed to close the business as a tactical move to avoid public criticism.
- Even short-range nuclear missiles are tactical.
- Forbes's unexpected emergence points to intriguing tactical questions.
- No one thinks more attentively about the tactical political options.
- The next level, the tactical level, is involved in negotiating junctions and situations such as overtaking.
- This distressing situation served to bring out the fact that Nagumo had been assigned two tactical missions which were essentially incompatible.
WORD SETS
action stations, nounaide-de-camp, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft carrier, nounairlift, nounallied, adjectivearmour, nounarms control, nounarms race, nounarray, verbassault course, nounAWOL, adjectivebalance of power, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbase, nounbattle, nounbattle, verbbattle cry, nounbattlefield, nounbattlements, nounbeachhead, nounbivouac, nounblackout, nounblast, verbblitz, nounblockade, nounblockade, verbblockhouse, nounbloodshed, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounbomb, verbbombard, verbbombardment, nounbomb disposal, nounboot camp, nounbowman, nounbreastplate, nounbridgehead, nounbunker, nouncall-up, nouncannonade, nouncapability, nouncaptain, nouncapture, nouncarrier, nouncashier, verbcenotaph, nounchief of staff, nouncitation, nouncivil defence, nounC.O., nouncommand, nouncommand, verbcommandant, nouncommander, nouncommander in chief, nouncommand post, nouncommissariat, nouncommissary, nouncommission, nouncommissioned officer, nounconquer, verbconquest, nounconscientious objector, nounconscript, verbconscript, nounconscription, nounconvoy, verbcookhouse, nounCorp., corporal, nouncorps, nouncounterinsurgency, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountermand, verbcounter-revolution, nouncourt-martial, nouncourt-martial, verbcross, noundawn raid, noundeath camp, noundemilitarize, verbdemobilize, verbdeploy, verbdetonate, verbdisarm, verbdisarmament, noundispatch, noundraft board, noundraft card, noundraft dodger, noundraftee, noundress uniform, noundrum major, noundump, nounechelon, nounencamp, verbenemy, nounengage, verbengagement, nounenlist, verbenlisted, adjectiveexchange, nounex-serviceman, nounex-servicewoman, nounfield, verbfirst lieutenant, nounfirst strike, nounflak jacket, nounflash, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoxhole, nounFPO, front, noungas mask, noungeneral headquarters, nounGHQ, nounguardhouse, nounheadquarters, nounhigh command, nounHQ, nounincursion, nounindefensible, adjectiveinsignia, nouninstallation, nouninsubordination, nounintelligence, nouninternment, nouninvade, verbinvader, nouninvasion, nounkit bag, nounKP, nounlieutenant, nounline, nounMaj., major, nounmajor general, nounman, nounmarch, verbmarch, nounmarch-past, nounmarshal, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmess, nounmess, verbmilitarism, nounmilitarized, adjectiveMilitary Academy, nounMilitary Cross, nounmilitary service, nounmilitia, nounmilitiaman, nounminuteman, nounmission, nounMP, nounmutineer, nounmutinous, adjectivemutiny, nounnational service, nounNATO, nounNCO, nounno-man's-land, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-aligned, adjectivenon-combatant, nounobjective, nounobservation post, nounoccupation, nounoccupy, verboffence, nounoffensive, adjectiveoffensive, nounofficer, nounoperation, nounorderly, nounoutflank, verboutpost, nounoverthrow, verboverwhelm, verbpact, nounpadre, nounparade, nounparamilitary, adjectiveparapet, nounpartisan, nounpassword, nounpatrol, nounperilous, adjectiveperiscope, nounpillbox, nounpincer movement, nounpost, verbPOW, nounpre-war, adjectiveprisoner, nounprisoner of war, nounPurple Heart, nounpush, nounputsch, nounPX, nounquarter, verbquartermaster, nounquell, verbR & R, nounraid, nounraid, verbrank, nounrebellion, nounrecapture, verbreconnaissance, nounreconnoitre, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounreinforce, verbrelieve, verbRemembrance Day, nounrepel, verbrequisition, verbretake, verbretire, verbretreat, verbretreat, nounreview, nounreview, verbribbon, nounsabre-rattling, nounsally, nounsalute, verbsalute, nounsalvo, nounsamurai, nounscorched earth policy, nounscout, nounscout, verbscramble, verbsecond lieutenant, nounsentinel, nounsentry, nounsentry box, nounsergeant, nounsergeant major, nounserviceman, nounservicewoman, nounSgt., shell, verbshelling, nounsiege, nounskirmish, nounstaff officer, nounstaging area, nounstandard-issue, adjectivestar, nounstation, nounstation, verbstrategic, adjectivestrategist, nounstrategy, nounstripe, nounstronghold, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsurgical strike, nounsurrender, verbsurrender, nountactical, adjectivetarget, nountarget, verbtask force, nountattoo, nountheatre, nountrench warfare, nountripwire, nountruce, nounturret, noununarmed, adjectiveunoccupied, adjectivevalour, nounveteran, nounvolunteer, nounvolunteer, verbwar chest, nounwar crime, nounwar cry, nounwar dance, nounwar effort, nounwarfare, nounwarhorse, nounwarlike, adjectivewarlord, nounwar memorial, nounwarmonger, nounwarrant officer, nounwarring, adjectivewarrior, nounwar-torn, adjectivewar widow, nounwar zone, nounwounded, adjectivezero hour, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Two players were substituted for tactical reasons. a tactical decision to send in troops
Two players were substituted for tactical reasons. a tactical decision to send in troops (=a mistake that will harm your plans later)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=one that may cause a plan to fail)· Both parties have made tactical errors in the run-up to the election.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· No tactical advantage then in Ulster, Eire, or in Westminster.· In this competition, while a strategic advantage lies with what exists, all tactical advantage is with the acceptable.· However, there were psychological and tactical advantages in forming a new organization.· The tactical advantages to the defendant are considerable.
· All agreed that the tactical decision on whether to go east or west at Cape Finisterre had been the key to success.· Even as a tactical decision, it was a risk.· There are also a large number of tactical decisions to be made as you sail upwind.· They stand as the essential interface between strategy formulation and tactical decisions.· Their tactical decision was equally clear: to borrow money from the International Monetary Fund.· His government, he suggested, had empowered the military to make all tactical decisions necessary to resolve the conflict.· That this was clearly a tactical decision quickly became apparent.
· First, he made the tactical error of blaming the civil war on the ethnic groups in the north of the country.· Could this have been a major tactical error on my part?· However, by two grave tactical errors, they frittered away this supremacy without ever realising its value.
· Because he was still ideologically sound, strategic and tactical mistakes could be forgiven.· The tactical mistakes made in attempting to implement this program were manifold, but more important was the strategic error.
· Were the odd shorts some sort of tactical move, Les?· Furthermore the Gore camp seems to have underestimated the down side of his surprise tactical move.· The decision to cut 100 of the 256 political jobs at Commerce also appears to represent a tactical move by Daley.· No brilliant tactical moves to draw attention from the players.
· Forbes's unexpected emergence points to intriguing tactical questions.· A number of important tactical questions may need to be answered.
· Chiefly for tactical reasons, a clause was inserted in the women's suffrage bills of 1874 expressly excluding married women.· There are tactical reasons that a prosecutor might make that choice.· He spent some time expressing his preference, for tactical reasons, for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument.· There were strong tactical reasons for this.· However, when you tack it should be for tactical reasons.· Vestey undertook with the Society - misguidedly - to play no part in the election campaign for tactical reasons.· Mr Kinnock is correct to insist that fundamental changes in the voting system should not be undertaken for short-term, tactical reasons.
· But the evidence for tactical voting is patchy.
· But these women also employed medical definitions of physical and mental weakness as an effective tactical weapon in the battle with men.· Beneath this umbrella of deterrence are tactical weapons.· The possibility of using it as a tactical weapon against the king-duke was too valuable an asset to be abandoned.· Your mission is to boldly go about the galaxy destroying the Klingon forces which possess many new tactical weapons and abilities.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1relating to what you do to achieve what you want, especially as part of a game or large plan: - Beneath this umbrella of deterrence are tactical weapons.
- But these women also employed medical definitions of physical and mental weakness as an effective tactical weapon in the battle with men.
- The possibility of using it as a tactical weapon against the king-duke was too valuable an asset to be abandoned.
- Your mission is to boldly go about the galaxy destroying the Klingon forces which possess many new tactical weapons and abilities.
Two players were substituted for tactical reasons.tactical move/decision/ploy a tactical decision to send in troopstactical error/mistake/blunder (=a mistake that will harm your plans later)2tactical weapon/missile a missile that is sent a short distance in military battle3relating to the way military forces are arranged in a battle—tactically /-kli/ adverb