adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 done as part of a plan that is meant to achieve a particular purpose or to gain an advantage:
strategic planning * a strategic decision to sell off part of the business * Cameras were set up at strategic points (= in places where they would be most effective) along the route.
2 connected with getting an advantage in a war or other military situation:
Malta was of vital strategic importance during the war. * a strategic alliance * the strategic bombing of communication centres
3 (of weapons, especially nuclear weapons) intended to be fired at an enemy's country rather than used in a battle:
strategic missiles
compareTACTICAL(3)
strategically adverb:
a strategically placed microphone * a strategically important target
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