tactical

1. not comparableOf or relating to tactics.

   As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.

   2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport

2. not comparableOf or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones.

   tactical nuclear weapon

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   There are already hopes that actual tactical surprise has been attained, and we hope to furnish the enemy with a succession of surprises during the course of the fighting.

   1944 June 7, Winston Churchill, speech to House of Commons

3. not comparableAdroit, skilful or ingenious.
4. not comparableengineeringHaving a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration.

plural tacticals

1. computingA combinator of proof tactics.

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   The repeat that we use here is called a tactical, or tactic combinator. The behavior of repeat t is to loop through running t, running t on all generated subgoals, running t on their generated subgoals, and so on. When t fails at any point in this search tree, that particular subgoal is left to be handled by later tactics.

   2013, Adam Chlipala, Certified Programming with Dependent Types

2. A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes.