dirty war
dirty war noun: a conflict (particularly one in South America) between a dictatorship against leftist revolutionaries or activists, typically characterized by extrajudicial repression like kidnapping, torture and enforced disappearance.
Noun
dirty war (plural dirty wars)
- A conflict (particularly one in South America) between a dictatorship against leftist revolutionaries or activists, typically characterized by extrajudicial repression like kidnapping, torture and enforced disappearance.
Proper noun capitalized: Dirty War
the Dirty War
dirty war meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese
dirty war in Arabic
- conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
- حَرْب قَذِرَة ḥarb qaḏira
dirty war in Vietnamese
- conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
- chiến tranh bẩn thỉu
Forms of dirty war
| plural | dirty wars |
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Origin of dirty war
Calque of Spanish guerra sucia.
Questions about dirty war
- What does dirty war mean?
- Dirty war means a conflict (particularly one in South America) between a dictatorship against leftist revolutionaries or activists, typically characterized by extrajudicial repression like kidnapping, torture and enforced disappearance.
- What is dirty war in Arabic?
- Dirty war in Arabic is حَرْب قَذِرَة (ḥarb qaḏira). See Dirty war meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is dirty war?
- Dirty war can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of dirty war?
- The plural of dirty war is dirty wars.
Words near dirty war in the dictionary
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