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Definition of Standoff

1. Noun. The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided. "Their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"

2. Noun. The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand.

Definition of Standoff

1. Noun. A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring. ¹

2. Noun. A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists (see stand off and verb below). ¹

3. Verb. (nonstandard spelling of stand off) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Standoff

1. a tie or draw, as in a game [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Standoff

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Literary usage of Standoff

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1. Energy Efficiency: Challenges and Trends for Electric Utilities (1993)
"If sensors let warfighters "see" well enough and far more safely from a distance, then why go close? The extent to which operations from standoff distance ..."

2. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"standoff DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES standoff detection technology relies on the measurement of energy transmission through the atmosphere to detect and ..."

3. From Home to Home: Autumn Wanderings in the Northwest, in the Years 1881 by Alexander Staveley Hill (1885)
"... woodcuts are taken, the one of the log hut and stables at standoff, with our wagon and horses ready for the start, L. on the grey horse standoff. ..."

4. Best Practices: Dod Training Can Do More to Help System Programs Implement edited by Katherine V. Schinasi (1999)
"... Air-to-Surface standoff Missile Joint Strike Fighter Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System-Joint Tactical Terminal Description of Program ..."

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