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irregular warfare

irregular warfare noun: warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars (such as partisans, guerrillas or insurgents) rather than regular military forces.

Noun

irregular warfare (uncountable)

  1. 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
    1. Warfare with the aim of gaining or establishing political authority using asymmetric warfare tactics.

Antonyms of irregular warfare

Questions about irregular warfare

What does irregular warfare mean?
Irregular warfare means warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars (such as partisans, guerrillas or insurgents) rather than regular military forces.
What part of speech is irregular warfare?
Irregular warfare is a noun.

Words near irregular warfare in the dictionary

  1. irregular primes
  2. irregular prism
  3. irregular prisms
  4. irregular verb
  5. irregular verbs
  6. irregular warfare
  7. irregularisation
  8. irregularisations
  9. irregularise
  10. irregularist
  11. irregularists

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