standoff

impasse, face-à-face

Désaccord ou confrontation où aucun des deux camps ne peut gagner ni progresser.

En anglais simple : A disagreement or confrontation in which neither side can win or move forward.

• The talks ended in a standoff.
• Police surrounded the house during an armed standoff.
• The standoff between management and workers lasted three weeks.

Comment l'utiliser : a standoff between A and B (The standoff between the two countries continued.)

Synonymes : deadlock, stalemate, impasse

Expressions courantes : standoff between sides, armed standoff, tense standoff

à distance de sécurité

Conçu pour attaquer depuis une distance suffisante pour éviter les armes défensives ennemies.

En anglais simple : Designed to attack from far enough away to avoid the enemy’s defensive weapons.

• The aircraft carried a standoff missile.
• Standoff weapons allow attacks from beyond enemy defenses.
• The navy tested a new standoff system.

Expressions courantes : standoff weapon, standoff missile, standoff attack