Grapple
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  • Grappling
    Grappling
    Grappling refers to techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage, such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or injury to the opponent. Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial...

    , techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage
  • Grappling (martial art)
    Grappling (martial art)
    Grappling is a non-striking hybrid style formed of wrestling, jiu jitsu, judo, sambo and many other submission fighting styles which consists in applying submission holds and choking techniques in order to make the opponent abandon the fight...

    , hybrid combat style which consists of applying submission techniques in order to make the opponent abandon the fight
  • Grapple tackle
    Grapple tackle
    A grapple tackle is a controversial tackling technique used in rugby league. It has gained notoriety in Australia's National Rugby League competition whereby the tackler attempts to impede the ball carrier by applying a chokehold-like grip...

    , a controversial tackling technique used in rugby league
  • Submission wrestling
    Submission wrestling
    Submission wrestling or Combat wrestling in Japan, is a formula of competition and a general term describing the aspect of martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission using submission holds...

     (also submission grappling), a formula of competition

Technology and Vehicles

  • Grapple (tool)
    Grapple (tool)
    A grapple is a hook or claw used to catch or hold something. A ship's anchor is a type of grapple, especially the "grapnel" anchor.A throwing grapple is a multi-pronged hook that is tied to a rope and thrown to catch a grip, as on a parapet or branch of a tree...

    , a hook or claw used to catch or hold something
  • Grapple skidder
    Skidder
    A skidder is any type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called "skidding", in which the logs are transported from the cutting site to a landing. Here they are loaded onto trucks , and sent to the mill...

    , type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest
  • Grapple truck
    Grapple truck
    Grapple truck is a term used to described a truck that has a grapple loader mounted to its frame which is used for loading and sometimes hauling bulky waste...

    , a truck that has a grapple loader mounted to its frame
  • Grapple (network layer)
    Grapple (network layer)
    Grapple is a free software package for adding multiplayer support to computer games and applications. It uses Internet protocols, supporting both TCP/IP and UDP/IP...

    , a free software package for adding multiplayer support to computer games and applications

Military

  • Operation Grapple
    Operation Grapple
    Operation Grapple, and operations Grapple X, Grapple Y and Grapple Z, were the names of British nuclear tests of the hydrogen bomb. They were held 1956—1958 at Malden Island and Christmas Island in the central Pacific Ocean. Nine nuclear detonations took place during the trials, resulting in...

    , a series of United Kingdom nuclear weapon tests
  • Operation Grapple (Yugoslavia)
    Operation Grapple (Yugoslavia)
    Operation Grapple was the codename given to the deployment of British forces in Bosnia from 1992 as part of the United Nations Protection Force .-References:* http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Bosnia/bosnia-units.html...

    , codename given to the deployment of British forces in Bosnia from 1992, a Safeguard-class salvage ship in the United States Navy, a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy

Plants and Food

  • Grāpple
    Grapple
    - Actions :* Grappling, techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage* Grappling , hybrid combat style which consists of applying submission techniques in order to make the opponent abandon the fight...

    , the brand name of a commercially marketed grape-flavored apple
  • Harpagophytum
    Harpagophytum
    Harpagophytum procumbens, also called grapple plant, wood spider and most commonly devil's claw, is a plant of the sesame family, native to South Africa. It got its name from the peculiar appearance of its hooked fruit. The plant's large tuberous roots are used medicinally to reduce pain and fever,...

     procumbens
    (also grapple plant), a plant of the sesame family

In Fiction

  • Grapple, an Autobot from the second season of The Transformers TV series
    The Transformers (TV series)
    The Transformers is an animated television series depicting a war among giant robots who could transform into vehicles, other objects and animal-like forms. Written and recorded in America, the series was animated in Japan and South Korea...

  • Grappler (comics)
    Grappler (comics)
    Grappler is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:The Grappler first appeared in Savage She-Hulk #18 , and was created by David Anthony Kraft and Mike Vosburg.-Fictional character biography:...

    , a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
  • Settling Accounts: The Grapple
    Settling Accounts: The Grapple
    Settling Accounts: The Grapple by Harry Turtledove is the third book in the Settling Accounts tetralogy, an alternate history setting of World War II in North America. It is part of the Southern Victory Series, which supposes that the Confederate States of America won the American Civil War. It...

    , the third book in the Settling Accounts series by Harry Turtledove
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