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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