high ground in English

noun
1
land that is higher than the surrounding area, especially that which stays dry.
they decided to climb to high ground and serve as lookouts
2
a position of superiority in a debate.
if he turns it down, he will have lost the moral high ground to the president

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1. Takeout Bombarders from high ground

2. Altitudes: an area of high ground.

3. Has science really seized the moral high ground?

4. At 0930, we move to high ground and make comms.

5. There is no high ground while they got those flying machines.

6. What specific thing can you do to stay on spiritual high ground?

7. Cairns are usually conical in shape and were often erected on high ground

8. No movement was ever more entitled to the moral high ground than abolitionism.

9. The President must seek to regain the high ground in the political debate.

10. In feudal times, the lord lived on high ground to spot the invader.

11. An old adage says when you've lost your bearings, head for the high ground.

12. 3 The President must seek to regain the high ground in the political debate.

13. But such a brash grasp for the moral high ground called for an answer.

14. Should they accidentally fall into the water, they happily paddle to the nearest high ground.

15. Furthermore, those images forever removed the so- called moral high ground of the occupying forces.

16. Furthermore, those images forever removed the so-called moral high ground of the occupying forces.

17. The British Duke of Wellington chose the field of battle and held the high ground.

18. The flak was heavy, relentless as hounds chasing a cornered stag up and down high ground.

19. High ground with limited access afforded natural protection and required less guarding than open and vulnerable spots.

20. At the same time, snipers were observed at high ground adjacent to the Maritime Border Guard base,

21. Also, any obstruction such as high ground between you and the transmitter can cause loss of reception.

22. When the elders of the village saw the dreaded signs, they shouted to everyone to run to high ground.

23. After grain was harvested in ancient times, it was taken to a threshing floor, a flat area generally on high ground.

24. Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.

25. Now labor wants its legitimate due from economic growth and workers have every right and the moral high ground to demand it.

26. In any case, Ventidius ordered his troops, who had the advantage of high ground, to attack the horse-archers advancing up the slope.

27. Unlike many forts, which were built on high ground for defensive purposes, Khasab was designed as a supply point for dates and water for Portuguese ships sailing through the strait.

28. The river is 245 km (152 mi) long, from its source in the high ground of the former Forest of Arrouaise at Fonsommes near Saint-Quentin, to the Bay of the Somme, in the English Channel.

29. Military commanders in Bible times invariably camped where there was a generous water supply, high ground for protection, and, if possible, a dominant position overlooking a dry valley plain with sufficient space to maneuver hordes of men, horses, and chariots.

30. Akkad (Eris) So, I recently levelling up a lot in this popular map, but the latest update change the layout little bit, all of the spot on the high ground for avoiding enemies are now either removed or accessible by the enemies.

31. The Egyptian defenses blocked the central highway across the Sinai with a fortified box containing powerful artillery and more than a hundred tanks, fronted by three parallel trench-lines manned by thousands of infantrymen and anchored on sand dunes and high ground at each end.

32. His residence stands on a lofty eminence, protected by a larger fortress than is found in half of Spain, which is well defended by walls, Barbacans and moats; on the summit of this high ground there is a population of five or six thousand, dwelling in good houses, and a somewhat richer people than those who inhabit the valley below.