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• n  a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
• n  a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

• They could act with China to put a counter-pincer on the Japanese pincer in the Indies.
• On the screen a tiny pincer appears.
• The fall of Bengasi was brought about by swift execution of the familiar tactic of the giant pincer.

• pair of pincers
• tweezer
• pair of tweezers
• claw
• chela
• nipper

News & Articles

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• South metro's higher ed gap being filled — a bit
  A pincer movement is underway as two nearby community colleges with dropping numbers eye an underserved south metro market.
  Aug. 14, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Nicholas Burns in Jerusalem Post
  Burns described Iran as being in the clutches of "diplomatic pincer movement" that could force the country to resume negotiations on its controversial nuclear program.