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strategic

 adjective
     
Related topics: Military
stra‧te‧gic W3 also stra‧te‧gic‧al
1PM done as part of a plan, especially in a military, business, or political situation:
UN forces made a strategic withdrawal.
a strategic decision to move production to Hungary
2 useful or right for a particular purpose:
Marksmen were placed at strategic points along the president's route.
3PM relating to fighting wars [↪ tactical]:
Marseilles was of great strategic importance.
strategic arms/weapons (=weapons designed to reach an enemy country from your own)
strategic nuclear missiles
—strategically adverb:
Strategically placed video cameras can alert police to any trouble.
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