All 7 Uses
perimeter
in
Going After Cacciato
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- On the sand below, coils of barbed wire circled the observation tower in a perimeter that separated it from the rest of the war.†
Chpt 2 *perimeter = the outer edge
- Farther down the hill was the wired perimeter, bunkers, a steel-mesh gate draped with a hand-printed sign reading THE PROFESSIONALS.†
Chpt 4
- At the top, they threw off their packs and formed up in a loose perimeter.†
Chpt 11
- The others moved off to form a perimeter.†
Chpt 14
- Stink turned and walked quickly to the perimeter and took off his helmet, threw it down hard and sat on it.†
Chpt 14
- When dark had set in solidly, Sidney Martin sent them out to form a perimeter around the hootch.†
Chpt 16
- And Eddie and Oscar and Stink were back at the table now, showing the captain how various ambush formations were set up, the classic X and L and 0, and everyone agreed that the 0 was the best of the formations because it offered perimeter protection and a 360-degree killing circumference.†
Chpt 29
Definitions:
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(1)
(perimeter) the outer edgeThe exact meaning of perimeter can depend upon its context. For example:
- "Stay inside the defensive perimeter." -- the outer edges of the area that is defended
- "It is common on the city's perimeter." -- the outer edges of the city
- "What is the perimeter of the square?" -- the sum of the length of the sides of a geometric shape
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)