Strategic
adjective
1.
pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy:
strategic movements.
2.
important in or essential to strategy.
3.
(of an action, as a military operation or a move in a game) forming an integral part of a stratagem:
a strategic move in a game of chess.
4.
Military.
intended to render the enemy incapable of making war, as by the destruction of materials, factories, etc.:
a strategic bombing mission.
essential to the conduct of a war:
Copper is a strategic material.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of strategy
2.
important to a strategy or to strategy in general
3.
(of weapons, attacks, etc) directed against an enemy’s homeland rather than used on a battlefield: a strategic missile, strategic bombing
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