standoff

IPA: stˈændɔf

noun

  • A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
  • A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.

verb

  • Nonstandard spelling of stand off. [To stand some distance apart from something or someone.]

adjective

  • (military) For use at a distance sufficient from the target to allow defensive fire to be evaded.
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Examples of "standoff" in Sentences

  • DA for the ongoing standoff in the region.
  • Bullock offers a solution to the standoff.
  • As it is, there is a standoff at the moment.
  • At the moment, there seems to be a standoff.
  • The treaty is a vestige of the nuclear standoff.
  • The epilogue describes the aftermath of the standoff.
  • Estimating the standoff distance to the magnetopause.
  • The sum of the hinge and pintle standoff will equal the offset.
  • The annexation standoff soon led Beaverton to attempt a forcible annexation.
  • Inside the Algerian Hostage Standoff Accounts emerge from the harrowing Islamist attack on an oil field in the Sahara Desert.

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