soft target

soft target
An undefended civilian target attacked by an army, military group or terrorists.

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  • Soft target — is a military term referring to unarmored/undefended targets needing to be destroyed. For example, a soft target would be an automobile, a house or assembly of people while a hard target could be a main battle tank or a well defended installation …   Wikipedia

  • soft target — UK US noun [countable] [singular soft target plural soft targets] someone or something that is very easy to attack or criticize Thesaurus: people who are tricked or easy to tricksynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • soft target — n a person or thing that is easy to attack or criticize …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • soft target — ► NOUN ▪ a relatively vulnerable person or thing …   English terms dictionary

  • soft target — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms soft target : singular soft target plural soft targets someone or something that is very easy to attack or criticize …   English dictionary

  • Soft Target (book) — Infobox Book name = Soft Target: How the Indian Intelligence Service Penetrated Canada title orig = image caption = Cover page. author = Zuhair Kashmeri Brian McAndrew cover artist = country = Canada language = English series = subject = genre =… …   Wikipedia

  • soft target — /sɒft ˈtagət/ (say soft tahguht) noun an enemy target without military protection …  

  • soft target — noun a relatively vulnerable person or thing …   English new terms dictionary

  • target — tar|get1 W2S3 [ˈta:gıt US ˈta:r ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(aim)¦ 2¦(object of attack)¦ 3¦(object of an action)¦ 4¦(shooting)¦ 5 target audience/group/area etc 6 target language ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: targette, from targe …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Soft — Business* Adventure Soft, UK based video game developer which was established in the 1980s by Mike Woodroffe * Cocktail Soft, Japanese H game manufacturer * Hudson Soft, Japanese publisher and developer * Illusion Soft, company from Yokohama,… …   Wikipedia

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