Definitions
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- noun a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness
- noun (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action
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Examples
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Further, after initial resistance in which law enforcement was not only resisted but killed, it would not have been feasible to standdown.
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After the very badly handled initial contact, Howell had 51 days to surrender or arrange a standdown.
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Further, after initial resistance in which law enforcement was not only resisted but killed, it would not have been feasible to standdown.
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It's probably logically equivalent to pointing out that we know how an effective way to stop terrorists from taking over civilian planes and using them for nefarious purposes: it's called "total ground standdown" and we saw it done in September 2001.
Making Light: Beating airport chemical detection systems 2010
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And the web site is called standdown. org if you want to find out more about him and all the great work that Roy Foster is doing.
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To the south, neither Taipei nor Beijing looks eager to heed Washington's pleas for a standdown from their war of words since Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's incendiary comments in early July, when he seemed to edge the province toward independence.
Uncle Who? 2008
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Though a Sadr standdown order resolved the situation to a degree, the flare-up also highlighted the destructive role Iran has played in funding, training, arming and directing the so-called special groups and generated renewed concern about Iran in the minds of many Iraqi leaders.
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday -
OpEdNews - Quicklink: ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday - 2007
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As a result of these three incidents, all of which occurred within just the last few hours, I'm calling on the industry to cease production activities immediately and go into a mine safety standdown.
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They also faced an uncertain near-term future that included a shuttle fleet composed of only three orbiters, a shuttle flight standdown of unknown duration, and equally uncertain impacts on the completion and use of the International Space
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February 12, 2011