Crossword-Solution: OUTFLANK 8 letters, 9 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 15

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Outflank v. t. To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass
around or turn the flank or flanks of.

We have 9 clues for the answer “OUTFLANK”

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Come up and around 1 answer
Gain a tactical advantage 1 answer
Get around, militarily 1 answer
Maneuver around, in war 1 answer
Manoeuvre around an enemy unit 1 answer
Perform a military action. 1 answer
Thwart in battle 1 answer
Get the better of 16 answers
Thwart 55 answers
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Sentences with OUTFLANK (5)

The enemy was drawn up under the heights towards the west, in one immense line, long enough to outflank the Swedish army, -- the infantry being divided in large battalions, the cavalry in equally unwieldy squadrons.
The History of the Thirty Years' War Friedrich Schiller 1996
This is what took place—The _turning_, as it was called, soon became the order of the day: to counteract this, positions were extended more and more; they were thus weakened in front, and the offensive suddenly turned upon that part: instead of trying to outflank by extending, the assailant now concentrated his masses for attack at some one point, and the line was broken.
On War Carl von Clausewitz 2006
Croesus, however, was very loth to let them have their own way in this: he wished to outflank you as much as possible." "Why?" Cyrus asked, "what was his object?" "To encircle you, I imagine, with his wings." "He had better take care," said Cyrus, "or his circle may find itself in the centre.
Cyropaedia Xenophon 2000
And now he sat leaning against the dyke, as if he held so a position of special defence; but he knew well enough that the dullest calf could outflank him, and invade, for a few moments at the least, the forbidden pleasure-ground.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 2000
The French line was wider than ours, and it was plain that they could easily outflank us on both sides.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 2001

Quotes with OUTFLANK (1)

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.
John Berger
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT, Universal.

Used 5 times in crossword archives (1966–2015).