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Concept: Block-Avenue-of-Approach

Superconcept: Military-Task

Definition: a tactical mission task that prevents an enemy's advance along an avenue of approach

Required Relationships:

agent: the Military-Unit that blocks the enemy's advance
object: the Spatial-Entity, such as a road, that is blocked by the agent

Other Common Relationships:

base: the Military-Unit that becomes blocked

Neighboring Concepts:

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Annihilate-Unit Annihilate-Unit is a tactical mission task in which one military unit annihilates another
Canalize Canalize is a tactical mission task in which a military unit restricts enemy movement to a narrow zone
Contain Contain is a tactical mission task in which a military unit stops, holds, or surrounds enemy forces
Defeat-Unit Defeat-Unit is a tactical mission task in which one military unit defeats another (i.e. reduces its combat-strength to defeated)
Destroy-Unit Destroy-Unit is a tactical mission task in which one military unit destroys the combat-strength of another military unit
Disrupt Disrupt is a tactical mission task to upset an enemy action
Fix Fix is a tactical mission task to prevent the enemy from moving
Interdict Interdict is a tactical mission task to prevent, disrupt, or delay the enemy's use of an area or route
Neutralize-Unit Neutralize-Unit is a tactical mission task in which one military unit neutralizes the combat-strength of another military unit
Suppress Suppress is a tactical mission task to degrade the performance of a force or weapon system temporarily