Associations to the word «Standdown»

Dictionary definition

STANDDOWN, noun. A suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness.
STANDDOWN, noun. (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne