shadow war en · NOUN
Etymology
From shadow + war.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A form of armed conflict, conducted secretly in the nexus between war and peace, where various actors utilise different means to achieve their goals.
The Iran-Israel conflict was once limited largely to a shadow war.
2024 October 28, Scott Peterson, “Israeli strikes inside Iran cross a threshold. How will Iran respond?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shadow wars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |