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Strategy

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

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Bubble 76% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contrivance 76% connected

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dodge 76% connected

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

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Game 76% connected

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Playbook 76% connected

A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Stratagem 76% connected

An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.

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Wheeze 76% connected

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

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Strategic 74% connected

Alt. of Strategical

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Strategic 74% connected

Alt. of Strategical

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Strategical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Strategical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scheme 92% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Alignment 84% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

strategy vocabulary 55% interchangeable

Consistency between goals, decisions and activity.

Capability 84% connected

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

strategy vocabulary 55% interchangeable

The ability and resources required to perform.

Priority 84% connected

The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.

strategy vocabulary 55% interchangeable

Something given greater importance or attention.

Scenario 84% connected

A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

strategy vocabulary 55% interchangeable

A plausible description of a future situation.

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