A carefully planned military attack, or a football "line"
In 
sports such as American football or basketball, the offensive team is the ... Aldiss, 
Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFEThey were purple, and they hung on the line 
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much ... participate in war (i.e., warmakers and uncoerced soldiers are all 
murderers).