pincer movement

British  

/ ˈpɪnsə /

noun

1. Also called: envelopment.  a military tactical movement in which two columns of an army follow a curved route towards each other with the aim of isolating and surrounding an enemy

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Example Sentences

Under the tutelage of Jason Taylor—a Hall-of-Fame QB hunter in the NFL—Bain and Mesidor form a pincer movement to attack passers from each edge of the defensive line.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last month they seized the village of Prechystivka to the west and Vodyane to the east to complete a pincer movement.

From BBC

In recent months, they had been slowly advancing through relentless assaults, in a pincer movement.

From New York Times

The pincer movement of these two policy actions drove the Fed to start losing money in September 2022.

From Reuters

It is a pincer movement of science and philosophy that will, ultimately, crack the mystery of consciousness.

From Scientific American