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strategic

/stɹəˈtidʒɪk/

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What does strategic mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to strategy.
  2. Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.

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IPA pronunciation

/stɹəˈtidʒɪk/

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The distance of hospitals and depôts of munitions may very easily be imagined as the sole cause of very important strategic decisions.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946
It is impossible to overestimate the loss which results from the deflection of attention from the strategic point to a comparatively unproductive point.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
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It is a strategic necessity but is used by thousands of natives on their way to see the sights of the great metropolis.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
We have allowed the great corporations to occupy with their own men the strategic points in business, in social, and in political life.
Gifford PinchotThe Fight for ConservationProject Gutenberg ebook #11238
Any new chemical warfare development capable, under a given system of individual protection, of successfully attacking the hitherto protected individual, may be termed strategic.
Victor LefebureThe Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and WarProject Gutenberg ebook #1272