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standing stone
standing wave
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standoff insulator
standoff missile
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standout
standover tactics
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standover tactics
stand·o·ver tac·tics


plural noun 
Definition:
 
Australia use of threats to extort money: the use of threats of violence in order to extort money or force somebody to do something
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