All 9 Uses of
alternative
in
The Hunt for Red October
- Until the Americans could copy it, there were three unsavory alternatives: they could continue losing contact with the Russians; they could station valuable attack subs at the known exits from the route; or they could set up a whole new SOSUS line.†
Chpt 5.alternatives = possibilities
- He ran through the four alternatives he had considered, careful to examine each in detail.†
Chpt 6. *
- Sir, the most obvious alternative doesn't bear much thinking about.†
Chpt 6.
- The alternative did not bear thinking about.†
Chpt 7.
- Mancuso took another look at the course track, trying to figure an alternative.†
Chpt 7.
- The only other alternative was to assemble and dispatch another intelligence team.†
Chpt 14.
- His alternative was life in a maximum security penitentiary.†
Chpt 14.
- The latter alternative means that their security has been violated by outsiders, but being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of their own governing philosophy.†
Chpt 16.
- From the KGB's perspective, outside instigation is the far more attractive alternative; it makes for a bigger operation.†
Chpt 16.
Definitions:
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(1)
(alternative as in: an alternative plan) something available as another possibility
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(2)
(alternative as in: alternative medicine) non-traditional or non-standard
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)