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n. - (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy

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  • The salient points of the report.
  • The word salient has appeared in 67 Times articles over the past year, including on March 31, 2010 in
  • The manoeuvre of the Von Rundstedt salient is now shrinking like a pricked balloon, but the Germans also can claim some success.
  • The latter point is the most salient, which is why the impact of
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