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  1. counter-salient

    A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. The salient is surrounded by the enemy on multiple sides, making the troops occupying the salient vulnerable. The opponent's front line that borders a salient is referred to as a re-entrant – that is, an angle pointing inwards. A deep salient is vulnerable to being "pinched off" through the base, and this will result in a pocket in which the forces in the salient become isolated and without a supply line. On the other hand, a breakout of the forces within the salient through its tip can threaten the rear areas of the opposing forces outside it, leaving them open to an attack from behind.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Counter-salientadjective

    leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of counter-salient in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of counter-salient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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