strategic victory
Calculated winning outcome
A strategic victory is a win that advances long-term objectives, even if the immediate battle was costly or inconclusive.
Distinguished from tactical victory, which concerns winning a particular engagement.
A military force might suffer heavy losses but achieve a strategic victory by capturing a crucial position: The invasion was a strategic victory despite the casualties.
The term extends beyond warfare to business, politics, and competition generally.
- counteroffensiveRetaliatory military operation
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- market sharePercentage of sector sales
- allianceFormal union of parties
maneuver · high ground · masterstroke · power play · siege · negotiation · turning point · final push · foresight · deterrence · checkmate · winning move · innovation · resourcefulness · coup de grâce · battle plan · competitive edge · upper hand
- war resultsdefeat, surrender, truce, stalemate, peace treaty
strategic victorycrushing defeat
Overwhelming, decisive loss
total defeat · strategic failure · debacle · catastrophic loss · unconditional surrender