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The Persian king Hormizd II hunts a lion by a Parthian shot. Relief from the "Hephthalite bowl", depicting a Parthian shotThe Parthian shot is a light cavalry hit-and-run tactic made famous by the Parthians, an ancient Iranian people.
Boxing: To pretend or feign, with intent to deceive. Refers to boxers who would pretend to be knocked out by a light or even non-existent punch, thus intentionally losing the fight; this was one method of losing a "fixed" fight (one with an unlawfully prearranged outcome, for gambling purposes).
Other characters also feign for love. [5] Odysseus feigned madness by yoking a horse and an ox to his plow and sowing salt [6] or plowing the beach. Palamedes believed that he was faking and tested it by placing his son, Telemachus right in front of the plow. When Odysseus stopped immediately, his sanity was proven.
In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
Munchausen by Internet is a term describing the pattern of behavior in factitious disorder imposed on self, wherein those affected feign illnesses in online venues to gain sympathy from online supporters. It has been described in medical literature as a manifestation of factitious disorder imposed on self. [29]
Crushed, asphyxiated or fallen overboard: Synergy Marine, manager of ship involved in Key Bridge collapse, had multiple fatal incidents since 2019.
This play is designed for the offensive team to feign rushing one way, then attack the defense in the opposite direction. In a counter trey right, the center , right guard , and right tackle block left as if the play is going left, with the right tackle leaving the last defensive player on the line of scrimmage unblocked.