Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. check; keeping in check; restraint; curbing; reining in; discouraging (from doing)
お互いが視線で牽制し合っている。They are keeping each other in check with their gazes.
2. containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; feint operation; show of force
これは、牽制のための射撃だ。This is fire meant to pin the enemy down.
3. pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base