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Tactic
Tactic noun - A plan for attaining a particular goal.
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Controls and tactic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controls" instead a noun "Tactic".
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When facing heavily armored opponents without proper equipment, the usual tactic is to get on its back and tear open a hatch to either fry the electronic controls or shoot the driver in the head.
- The Prince of New Orleans uses this as an offensive tactic - his rival unofficially controls the French Quarter, so the Prince keeps declaring parts of it to be Elysium, meaning that every time something bad happens in one of them, his rival loses face for allowing Elysium to be violated.
Source: Truce Zone -
Charlie only controls Atom by motion capture as a last resort in the final round of the fight against Zeus when Atom's other control functions are knocked offline, and is laughed at by the announcers as a desperation tactic.
Source: Film / Real Steel
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