strategic target

collocation in English

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strategic
adjective
uk
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/us
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/
helping to achieve a plan, for example in business ...
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target
noun
uk
/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us
/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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I can appreciate that to do so would endanger the tactical approach andstrategictargethe set himself from the outset, namely political self-aggrandisement.
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Aircraft which are based on a carrier can under certain circumstances get much nearer to astrategictargetthan aircraft which are not.
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The nextstrategictargetwas the town market, which was hit with great precision.
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It was the largest such refinery in the world and astrategictarget.
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Innsbruck was no longer treated as astrategictarget.
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The strategic objective, or mission, was to secure the primarystrategictarget.
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A mill producing food, clothing and ammunition would be astrategictargetfor both sides.
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There is a need for strategic targets both locally and nationally.
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In brief, that has broadly four main strategic targets.
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We have also set the agency a number of key strategic targets.
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There is a similar absence of strategic targets in the case of the railway network.
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We have set strategic targets to which everything else must be secondary, and we must regularly monitor whether we are achieving those targets.
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The strategic targets include most of the primary road and rail bridges over which supplies must pass.
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It is quite clear that the blitzed areas, where armaments were made and will be made again, will be the strategic targets in any future war.
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There are only tactical and strategic targets.
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In my view, it would be a great mistake to believe that a handshake or a short attack on strategic targets would achieve anything.
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In order to achieve ambitious goals, it is necessary, as quickly as possible, to adopt concrete indicators based on scientific data in order to measure progress towards the strategic targets.
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Many small islands and peninsulas were fortified to protect inlets and other strategic targets.
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It participated in mining operations, bombardment of strategic targets, and incendiary raids on urban areas.
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Attacks on strategic targets also continued in lower-level daylight raids.
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