2. a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.
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Concavity Roget’s Thesaurus §252
N. concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de-sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge) 252a
V. be concave, retire, cave in, render concave, depress, hollow, scoop, scoop out, gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in
Adj. depressed, cellular, alveolate, spongy, calathiform, spongious, cup-shaped, honeycombed, dishing, alveolar, favaginous, sintered, faveolate, porous (opening) 260, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched, 252a sponge—n, sponge, honeycomb, network, frit, filter, sieve, net, screen (opening) 260
Closure Roget’s Thesaurus §261
N. closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper
V. close, occlude, plug, block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up, blockade, obstruct, bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb, choke, throttle, ram down, dam, cram, trap, clinch, put to the door, shut the door
Adj. closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable|2, invious|, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug
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