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Delaying tactics are a part of the body's natural response to perceived threats. Freezing is an automatic, involuntary response to fear. This tactic delays other responses, allowing for more time to process the situation and gather information before taking any action. [12]
Tactic is usually implemented through surging at the enemy after their attack. Counterforce – A strategy used in nuclear warfare of targeting military infrastructure (as opposed to civilian targets) Countervalue – The opposite of counterforce; targeting of enemy cities and civilian populations. Used to distract the enemy.
It specifically refers to the extremely slow speed with which legislators walk to the podium to cast their ballots. For example, in Japan this tactic is known as a "cow walk", and in Hawaii it is known as a "Devil's Gambit". Consequently, slow walking is also used as a synonym for obstructionism itself. [2]
A proposed tour of visits by the Paymaster General to victims of the contaminated blood scandal may be a “delaying tactic” for prolonging compensation payments, a Labour MP has said.
Defence in depth (also known as deep defence or elastic defence) is a military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, buying time and causing additional casualties by yielding space. Rather than defeating an attacker with a single, strong defensive line, defence in depth relies on the tendency of an attack ...
Trump’s new Supreme Court gambit doesn’t even try to hide that it’s a delaying tactic. Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN. February 13, 2024 at 12:01 AM. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP.
Delay tactics and quick trips: Takeaways from two Trump case hearings in New York and Georgia. JILL COLVIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON. February 15, 2024 at 4:50 PM.
The "delaying" tactics of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (surnamed "Cunctator", the delayer) against Hannibal during the Second Punic War. Muhammad Tapar's campaign against the Nizaris of Alamut in 1109–1118; Second Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1285 and 1286; Fall of Tenochtitlan by Hernán Cortés in 1521; Swedish invasion of Russia in 1708