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proxy war en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.
   • With the enhanced insurgent firepower and with Russia steadily raising the number of airstrikes against the government’s opponents, the Syrian conflict is edging closer to an all-out proxy war between the United States and Russia. 2015 October 12, Anne Barnard, Karam Shoumali, “U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2022:

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Hypernyms

war

Translations (51)

fi sijaissota (war where two powers use third parties) · ar حَرْب بِالوِكَالَة (war where two powers use third parties) · cs zástupná válka (war where two powers use third parties) · ka ომი შუამავლის მეშვეობით (war where two powers use third parties) · fr guerre proxy (war where two powers use third parties) · fa جنگ نیابتی (war where two powers use third parties) · ru прокси-война (war where two powers use third parties) · ja 代理戦争 (war where two powers use third parties) · pl wojna zastępcza (war where two powers use third parties) · az vasitəçilik müharibəsi (war where two powers use third parties) · it guerra per procura (war where two powers use third parties) · gl guerra subsidiaria (war where two powers use third parties) · ka არაპირდაპირი ომი (war where two powers use third parties) · da stedfortræderkrig (war where two powers use third parties) · el πόλεμος μέσω αντιπροσώπων (war where two powers use third parties) · hy պրոքսի պատերազմ (war where two powers use third parties) · hi परोक्ष युद्ध (war where two powers use third parties) · ca guerra per delegació (war where two powers use third parties) · uk посере́дницька війна́ (war where two powers use third parties) · sd پرائي جنگ (war where two powers use third parties) · nb stedfortrederkonflikt (war where two powers use third parties) · fr guerre par procuration (war where two powers use third parties) · de Stellvertreterkrieg (war where two powers use third parties) · is staðgöngustríð (war where two powers use third parties) · fa جنگ وکالتی (war where two powers use third parties) · th สงครามตัวแทน (war where two powers use third parties) · sh rat preko posrednika (war where two powers use third parties) · da stedfortræderkonflikt (war where two powers use third parties) · cmn 代理人戰爭 /代理人战争 (war where two powers use third parties) · ru опосре́дованная война́ (war where two powers use third parties) · nb stedfortrederkrig (war where two powers use third parties) · lb Stellvertriederkrich (war where two powers use third parties) · vi chiến tranh ủy nhiệm (war where two powers use third parties) · tr vekâlet savaşı (war where two powers use third parties) · lt karas per trečiąsias šalis (war where two powers use third parties) · bg опосредствана война (war where two powers use third parties) · ko 대리 전쟁 (war where two powers use third parties) · sv proxykrig (war where two powers use third parties) · ml മുക്ത്യാർ യുദ്ധം (war where two powers use third parties) · pt guerra por procuração (war where two powers use third parties) · tr temsilî savaş (war where two powers use third parties) · sh рат преко посредника (war where two powers use third parties) · id perang bayangan (war where two powers use third parties) · nl proxy-oorlog (war where two powers use third parties) · nl oorlog bij volmacht (war where two powers use third parties) · et varisõda (war where two powers use third parties) · es guerra subsidiaria (war where two powers use third parties) · id perang proksi (war where two powers use third parties) · ms perang proksi (war where two powers use third parties) · sv ombudskrig (war where two powers use third parties) · he מלחמה באמצעות שליח (war where two powers use third parties)