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beachhead

English

  1. 🔊 an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
    “the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors”
  2. 🔊 a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation
    “the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead”

Similar words

foothold acropolis advance guard airhead avant-garde bastion battle line blockhouse bridgehead bunker castle citadel donjon farthest outpost fasthold fastness first line forefront fort fortress front front line front rank front-runner