beachhead
noun
beach·head
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Definition of beachhead
1
: an area on a hostile shore occupied to secure further landing of troops and supplies
2
: foothold
Examples of beachhead in a Sentence
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Law enforcement sources told The Times that MS-13 had established a significant beachhead at Panorama. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, "MS-13 gang created beachhead at Valley high school, but authorities insisted on secrecy," 27 July 2019 Back when Jeff Bezos was trying to get a scrappy startup called Amazon off the ground, the best the entrepreneur could hope for, in terms of establishing a beachhead in a consumer’s home, would be to get some space on a bookshelf. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "How Amazon sunk its talons into your home," 12 July 2019 Financial firms may view Project Libra as a new beachhead to challenge banks, while also providing an opportunity to look for new business opportunities. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, "Facebook Announces Project Libra, Its Wildly Ambitious Plan to Bring Cryptocurrency to the Masses," 18 June 2019 Smorgasburg at Tingey Plaza: When Brooklyn Flea tried to establish a hipster beachhead in Washington in 2014, things didn’t quite go as planned. — Washington Post, "16 things to do in the D.C. area this weekend," 13 June 2019 Allied air forces flew more than 9000 sorties Wednesday, bombing, and strafing the enemy from the Normandy beachheads to 100 miles inside of France. — Houston Chronicle, "FIRST INVASION GOAL REACHED," 9 June 2019 Getting the troops to Normandy and establishing a beachhead was quite literally just half the battle. — Fox News, "How D-Day technology made Operation Overlord a success," 7 June 2019 On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 troops from the United States, Great Britain and Canada landed on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. — James Herrera, The Mercury News, "Monterey County woman had crucial role in 1944 D-Day invasion," 6 June 2019 Five beachheads were designated from west to east: Utah and Omaha for the Americans and Gold, Juno and Sword for the British, Canadians and others. — The Washington Post, al.com, "D-Day veteran wonders why he lived when so many others died," 3 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beachhead.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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beachhead
noun
English Language Learners Definition of beachhead
: a beach on an enemy's shore that an invading army takes and controls in order to prepare for the arrival of more soldiers and supplies
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