strategic

strategic
strategically, adv.
/streuh tee"jik/, adj.
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. Mil.
a. intended to render the enemy incapable of making war, as by the destruction of materials, factories, etc.: a strategic bombing mission.
b. essential to the conduct of a war: Copper is a strategic material.
Also, strategical.
[1815-25; < Gk strategikós, equiv. to strateg(ós) general (see STRATEGY + -ikos -IC]
Syn. 2. opportune, critical, key, principal, crucial.

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