frontal combat

language: de

definitions

  1. Direct, head-on fighting between opposing military forces, typically occurring in open terrain or conventional battlefields rather than through stealth, ambush, or indirect tactics.
    de: Frontalkampf
  2. A direct and unyielding confrontation or struggle between opposing parties, often used metaphorically outside of strictly military contexts.
    de: Direkter Konflikt

examples

  1. The infantry units were forced into frontal combat after their flanking maneuver failed.

    Die Infanterieeinheiten wurden in den Frontalkampf gezwungen, nachdem ihr Flankenmanöver gescheitert war.

  2. The political debate quickly escalated into a frontal combat over the new legislation.

    Die politische Debatte eskalierte schnell zu einem Frontalkonflikt über die neue Gesetzgebung.