Direction and Tactic

Direction

Direction noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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Tactic and direction are semantically related In some cases you can use "Tactic" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

Tactic noun - A plan for attaining a particular goal.

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Direction and tactic are semantically related in organization topic. Sometimes you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Tactic".

Nearby Words: tact, tactics, tactical, tactician, tactically

preferred	preferred direction	preferred tactic
good	good direction	good tactic
best	best direction	best tactic
exact	exact direction	exact tactic
Other adjectives: particular, better, similar, specific, single, poor, actual, real, bad, new, political, possible, unusual, different.

The best stupid move was Buck's "brilliant" fighter jock tactic: barrel rolling around an axis, without ever changing direction.

Source: Space Friction
This is how boar spears work, as the tactic for boar hunting involves getting a rampaging boar to charge in the direction of the hunter and impale itself on the spear.

Source: Inertial Impalement
However, when Ragnar conceives of a plan to move his ships by land and attack in the other direction, he discovers to the audience's surprise that Rollo has also planned for this tactic, and Rollo wins this battle as well.

Source: Series / Vikings

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