tactical warning

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   (military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act

   Broaderwarning

   Narrowerwarning of attack

   military

Questions about tactical warning

What does tactical warning mean?

tactical warning means "(military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act".

Is tactical warning a common word?

tactical warning is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.