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bypassed positions

English translation: enemy positions that were just ignored / left for later

08:45 Sep 4, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Military / Defense
English term or phrase: bypassed positions
The use of nonpersistent agents against front-line positions or against amphibious forces operating in littoral (situated or growing on or near a shore) areas; use of persistent agents on bypassed positions, strong points, and flanks; or use of persistent or nonpersistent chemical agents in barrier and denial plans could impact operations.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 16:00
Selected answer:enemy positions that were just ignored / left for later
Explanation:
enemy positions that were just ignored by an advancing army to keep the forward momentum, as "not being worth slowing down and making the effort" of taking them - no intention of taking them, maybe later.

not the same as a "pincer movement" - trying to encircle enemy positions with the aim of taking them.
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:00
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3enemy positions that were just ignored / left for later
Daryo
4 +2positions the enemy has got past
Jack Doughty


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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
positions the enemy has got past


Explanation:
....on one or both sides. If both sides, this is called a pincer movement.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jörgen Slet
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Daryo: I think that this was written from the viewpoint of "the enemy" as it's not the holder of the bypassed position who would be saturating it permanently with nasty chemicals .... // "bypassing" some positions is not about "pincer movement"
19 hrs
agree  acetran
3 days 5 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
enemy positions that were just ignored / left for later


Explanation:
enemy positions that were just ignored by an advancing army to keep the forward momentum, as "not being worth slowing down and making the effort" of taking them - no intention of taking them, maybe later.

not the same as a "pincer movement" - trying to encircle enemy positions with the aim of taking them.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:00
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Riordan: That's how I read it too.
54 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
5 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  B D Finch
11 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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