Look up: Beach-Head

1. Beach head
   The CLIFF, dune or sea wall looming the landward limit of the active BEACH.
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2. Beach Head
   (G.I. Joe) `Beach Head` (also released as Beachhead and Beach-Head) is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He serves as the G.I. Joe Team`s sergeant major and debuted in 1985. Profile: Beach Head`s real name is W...
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3. Beach Head
   (video game) `Beach-Head` is a video game developed and published in 1983 by Access Software for the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 home computers in the US. Versions for the C16, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron (as well as the Atari and C64 versions) were published in Europe b...
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4. beachhead
   [n] - an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held for further troops and supplies
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5. beachhead
   a designated area on a hostile shore which,when seized and held,ensures the continuous landing of troops and materiel,and provides manoeuvre space requisite for subsequent projected operations ashore.It is the physical objective of an amphibious operation Category: Defense
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6. beachhead
   noun a bridgehead on the enemy`s shoreline seized by an amphibious operation; `the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead`
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7. beachhead
   foothold noun an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; `the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors`; `they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market`
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8. Beachhead
   `Beachhead` is a military term used to describe the line created when a unit (by sea) reaches a beach, and begins to defend that area of beach, while other reinforcements (it is hoped) help out, until a unit large enough to begin advancing has arrived. It is sometimes used interchangeably (both corr...
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9. Beachhead
   (disambiguation) A beachhead is a military term used to describe the line created when a unit (by sea) reaches a beach, and begins to defend that area of beach. `Beachhead` or `Beach Head` may also refer to:
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10. Beachy Head
    prominent headland on the English Channel coast in the administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, England, in the borough of ...
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11. Beachy Head
    Beachy Head, high chalk cliffs (575 ft/175 m), on the south coast of East Sussex, S England. The battle of Beachy Head, in the War of the Grand Alliance, was fought (1690) between an Anglo-Dutch fleet under the earl of Torrington and the French fleet under the comte de Tourville. Although the French...
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12. Beachy Head
    Chalk headland on the south coast of England, between Seaford and Eastbourne in East Sussex. Rising to 163 m/535 ft, it is the eastern end of the South Downs. The lighthouse at the foot of the cliff is 38 m/125 ft high
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13. Beachy Head
    `Beachy Head` is a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m (530 ft) above sea level. The peak allows...
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