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irregular warfare en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars (such as partisans, guerrillas or insurgents) rather than regular military forces.
    • Studying the raid's effect on one community reveals how the different forms of irregular warfare — partisan warfare, guerrilla tactics, and cavalry raids — intertwined along the Ohio River border. 2010, Stephen I. Rockenback, “The Spoliation of Defenseless Farmers and Villagers”, in U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare 1775-2007: Selected Papers, →ISBN:
  2. (in particular, uncountable) Warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars (such as partisans, guerrillas or insurgents) rather than regular military forces. ▸ Warfare with the aim of gaining or establishing political authority using asymmetric warfare tactics.

Antonyms

conventional warfare

Hyponyms

asymmetric warfare · guerrilla warfare

Relateds

insurgency

Translations (3)

cmn 非正規戰爭 /非正规战争 (warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars) · fi epäsäännöllinen sodankäynti (warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars) · fr guerre irrégulière (warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars)