Noun:

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high ground's Usage Examples:

sites, this was located near the coast, on high ground which was easily defendable.

above Glen"s Falls, and running through the town of Wilton, ends in the high ground of North Broadway, in Saratoga Springs.

The British built a defensive position (or zariba), but were sniped at from the high ground around them by Mahdist rifle-units - mainly soldiers.

bridge, prevent the enemy occupying an area of high ground, or simply strengthen the overall fortifications in the expected direction of attack.

PoliticsHolding the moral high ground can be used to legitimize political movements, notably nonviolent resistance, especially in the face of violent opposition, and has been used by civil disobedience movements around the world to garner sympathy and support from society.

To force the Panzer-Lehr Division to withdraw the British 7th Armoured Division attacked the western flank of the division on 13 June, through a gap created by the 1st US Infantry Division, to reach high ground near Villers-Bocage.

The parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is on high ground on the eastern edge of the village, giving panoramic views over the commune.

That same day, the Royalist irregular military GM 33 moved to jungled high ground between Routes 23 and 238.

Cryne Corse Mounth is an old droving road which ran south across the high ground from the Dee valley in Aberdeenshire, eastern Scotland.

However, with neighbouring units withdrawing the Marines were ordered back to the high ground between the Soyang and Hongcheon Rivers.

Everyday useIn everyday use a person may take the perspective of the 'moral high ground' in order to produce a critique of something, or merely to win an argument.

the high ground in front of the apex of the defensive line, and his men enfiladed the remaining defenders in the road, which would gain the nickname "Bloody.

Synonyms:

archipelago, dry land, wonderland, field, plain, foreland, island, coastal plain, Earth, terra firma, oxbow, physical object, timber, landmass, champaign, land mass, earth, world, object, forest, isthmus, globe, ness, peninsula, slash, land, solid ground, cape, timberland, mainland, floor, neck, beachfront, woodland,

Antonyms:

uncover, improved, conductor, insulator, unstuff,