tactical

Speech parts

1. tactical - Noun

2. tactical - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

planned practical strategic calculated sensible skillful prudent cunning shrewd expedient judicious adroit military designed sound
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Antonyms

daft mad indiscreet cuckoo half-baked absurd
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Phrases with the word

tactical retreat tactical nuclear weapon tactical maneuvers tactical commander tactical finesse tactical information

Examples

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time. George S. Patton

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack. Lois McMaster Bujold

Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off. Warren Zevon

We are entirely for the idea that Europe shall be free from nuclear weapons, from medium-range weapons as well as tactical weapons. That would be a real zero option. Leonid Brezhnev

The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the post-colonial age. Zbigniew Brzezinski

There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed. Boris Yeltsin

Close letter words and terms

tactic tactic of frightening tactic of intimidation tactical aeromedical evacuation tactical air commander tactical air control center