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maskirovka

maskirovka noun: a set of procedures designed to confuse, mislead, and camouflage oneself from the enemy.

Noun

maskirovka (uncountable)

  1. (especially regarding Soviet or Russian warfare) A set of procedures designed to confuse, mislead, and camouflage oneself from the enemy.
    • Surprise is a key ingredient in maskirovka and the clandestine forces which occupied Crimea last February certainly delivered that.2015 January 29, Lucy Ash, “How Russia outfoxes its enemies”, in BBC
    • And the key to informational struggle was maskirovka—subterfuge—the manipulation of the enemy's picture of reality.2018, Carl Miller, chapter 6, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN

Origin of maskirovka

Borrowed from Russian маскиро́вка (maskiróvka, “camouflage”).

Questions about maskirovka

What does maskirovka mean?
Maskirovka means a set of procedures designed to confuse, mislead, and camouflage oneself from the enemy.
What part of speech is maskirovka?
Maskirovka is a noun.

Words near maskirovka in the dictionary

  1. masking up
  2. maskings
  3. maskinonge
  4. maskinonges
  5. maskins
  6. maskirovka
  7. maskless
  8. masklessness
  9. masklike
  10. maskmaker
  11. maskmakers

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