Noun
pincer movement (plural pincer movements)
Synonym of pincer attack
In the summer, the MR-26-7 went on the offensive, pushing the army out of the mountains, with Castro using his columns in a pincer movement to surround the main army concentration in Santiago. Source: Internet
The allies could be allowed to extend themselves deep into France where a battle for control would be fought, allowing the Germans to envelop the allied forces in a pincer movement, cutting off their avenue of retreat. Source: Internet
The biblical account states that his elite warriors fended off a pincer movement to rout Jeroboam's troops—killing 500,000 of them. Source: Internet
The pax Khazarica was caught in a pincer movement between steppe Pechenegs and the strengthing of an emergent Rus' power to the north, both undermining Khazaria'ìs tributary empire. Source: Internet
Thus trapped in a " pincer movement ", hemmed in and outnumbered, Stackelberg—against the wishes of Lewenhaupt—ordered an orderly withdrawal. Source: Internet