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cyberconflict

cyberconflict noun: conflict in cyberspace; cyberwarfare.

Noun

cyberconflict (countable and uncountable, plural cyberconflicts)

  1. Conflict in cyberspace; cyberwarfare.
    • In 2001 Russian hackers penetrated Defense Department computers in what are referred to as the Moonlight Maze attacks. Some treat the 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia as the beginning of a new era in warfare […] In this section we examine these and other examples of cyberconflict […]2014, Glenn Hastedt, Donna L. Lybecker, Vaughn P. Shannon, Cases in International Relations

Forms of cyberconflict

pluralcyberconflicts

Origin of cyberconflict

From cyber- + conflict.

Questions about cyberconflict

What does cyberconflict mean?
Cyberconflict means conflict in cyberspace; cyberwarfare.
What part of speech is cyberconflict?
Cyberconflict is a noun.
What is the plural of cyberconflict?
The plural of cyberconflict is cyberconflicts.

Words near cyberconflict in the dictionary

  1. cybercommuters
  2. cybercommuting
  3. cyberconference
  4. cyberconferences
  5. cyberconferencing
  6. cyberconflict
  7. cyberconflicts
  8. cybercongregation
  9. cybercongregations
  10. cyberconsciousness
  11. cyberconsciousnesses

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