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Hors de combat: a unit out of the fight, surrendered, wounded (when incapacitated), and so on. Infantry square, pike square, or schiltron; Infiltration; Intent; Interdiction: to attack and disrupt enemy supply lines. Killing field; Lodgement: an enclave made by increasing the size of a bridgehead. Mission-type tactics
Combat (French for fight) is a purposeful violent conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons ) or unarmed ( not using weapons ). Combat is resorted to either as a method of self-defense or to impose one's will upon others.
"Fight" (Natalia Barbu song), a Eurovision song by Natalia Barbu "Fight", theme song and single by The Musketeers from the BBC TV series The Flashing Blade, 1969 "Fight", song by The Rolling Stones from Dirty Work, 1986
Boxing maneuver – A strategy used to "box in" and force an attack on all sides at once; Choke point – A use of strategic geography, usually in a narrow area, intended to concentrate the enemy into a confined area where the defender can maximize his forces
Mutual combat, a term commonly used in United States courts, occurs when two individuals intentionally and consensually engage in a fair fight, [1] [2] while not hurting bystanders or damaging property. There have been numerous cases where this concept was successfully used in defense of the accused. [3]
Other combat systems designed for military combat were introduced elsewhere, including European Unifight, Soviet/Russian Sambo, Army hand-to-hand fight, Chinese military Sanshou/Sanda, Israeli Kapap and Krav Maga. The prevalence and style of hand-to-hand combat training often changes based on perceived need.
The fight-or-flight or the fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn [1] (also called hyperarousal or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. [2] It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1915.
A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft that is conducted at close range. Modern terminology for air-to-air combat is air combat manoeuvring (ACM), which refers to tactical situations requiring the use of individual basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) to attack or evade one or more opponents.