overwatch
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overwatch
Where it comes from
From over- + watch. Back-formation from watch over.
verb overwatches · overwatching · overwatched
- To watch over.
- To watch excessively.
- To overcome with long lack of rest.
noun
- The supervision of one unit or vehicle by another while the supervised unit is firing or moving. At a further and undefined point in the future, the American force would shrink to about seven and later five brigades — all involved in overwatch missions.