Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

Лишить преимущества в

English translation:

deprive of advantage in....

Added to glossary by Jack Doughty
May 15, 2010 15:38
14 yrs ago
Russian term

Лишить преимущества в

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Требовалось, однако, снабдить минометы необходимым количеством мин - без чего лозунг «Лишить врага преимущества в минометах!» повис бы в воздухе.

I wanted to use 'deprive smb of advantage' but found no examples, while 'gain advantage over' seems to have a bit different meaning
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May 19, 2010 21:04: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry

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deprive of advantage in....

I think "Deprive the enemy of his advantage in mortars!" would be OK. I found one or two uses of advantage fairly similar to this.

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - Campaign „Falaise Pocket ...
If the enemy has advantage over you, use an artillery support or use the „propaganda” bonus (the support tree once more), forcing one of the enemy squads to ...
guides.gamepressure.com/.../guide.asp?ID=7053

BBC - WW2 People's War - Behind Enemy Lines in Normandy

At one point on this corridor the Germans were dropping mortar bombs with .... In situations like these, the enemy has the advantage of seeing you first, ...
www.bbc.co.uk › Archive List

Confusing Enemy Advantage - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Neoseeker ...

Confusing Enemy Advantage. Me and my buddie just played the worst game of .... I saw both guys fire the rockets, and I'm almost certain I didn't get mortar striked or TOW'd. ... instead the enemy very obviously has some magic advantage. ...
www.neoseeker.com/forums/.../t1523192-confusing-enemy-advan...
Peer comment(s):

agree Aleksey Chervinskiy
16 mins
Thank you.
agree David Knowles : Sounds fine to me!
30 mins
Thank you.
agree Judith Hehir : also: take away the enemy's advantage
7 hrs
Thank you.
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Лишить врага преимущества в минометах-Strip off the enemy of mortar expediency

expediency -Syn. advantageousness, efficiency, profitableness, self-interest

Reference:Webster's New Word Roget's A-Z Thsesaurus
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take away the mortar superiority

Пример: the author makes the mortar and fire superiority problems clear in his work. Not until the 1960s would the American army address the problem of fire superiority at the squad level when the M60 light machine gun came into being.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R20TKW9UZ8WEYA
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