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He reported this. Now such a disregard for human life may make a formidable adversary, but it does not make a military genius. An American commander losing men like that would hardly have lasted more than a few weeks." [85] Tomb of Võ Nguyên Giáp in Quảng Bình Province
Dustman, a bull and terrier dog used for badger-baiting. Sporting Magazine, 1812. Some dog breeds were specifically developed for badger-baiting whilst several other breeds were used in this task in addition to more general vermin control; breeds include the Dachshund [4] and terriers [5] like the bull and terrier [6] and the Jack Russell Terrier.
The Roman legions: "Achieving shock and awe rests in the ability to deter and overpower an adversary through the adversary's perception and fear of his vulnerability and our own invincibility." Decay and default: "The imposition of societal breakdown over a lengthy period, but without the application of massive destruction."
Bandwagoning in international relations occurs when a state aligns with a stronger, adversarial power and concedes that the stronger adversary-turned-partner disproportionately gains in the spoils they conquer together. [1] Bandwagoning, therefore, is a strategy employed by states that find themselves in a weak position.
Soon after this episode, Kunti is married to Pandu, the king of Hastinapur, and, by invoking those same mantras taught to her by Durvasa, she bore the three eldest of Pandu's five sons. Karna would go on to become an accomplished warrior and a formidable adversary of the Pandavas.
In intelligence usage, an item of information which reflects the intention or capability of an adversary to adopt or reject a course of action. (JP 2-0) 2. In operations security usage, data derived from friendly detectable actions and open-source information that an adversary can interpret and piece together to reach conclusions or estimates ...
Adversary (cryptography), a malicious entity in cryptography whose aim is to prevent the users of the cryptosystem from achieving their goal; Adversary model, in online algorithms, used to show competitiveness of randomized algorithms; Adversarial alignment, when an adversarial users constructs inputs that bypass AI alignment
The Hebrew term śāṭān (Hebrew: שָׂטָן) is a generic noun meaning "accuser" or "adversary", [8] [9] and is derived from a verb meaning primarily "to obstruct, oppose". [10] In the earlier biblical books, e.g. 1 Samuel 29:4, it refers to human adversaries, but in the later books, especially Job 1–2 and Zechariah 3, to a supernatural ...