economic warfare
The strategic use of economic measures to weaken the economy of another state, often…The strategic use of economic measures (such as sanctions, embargoes, tariffs, or the freezing of assets) to weaken the economy of another state, often to achieve political or military objectives.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The strategic use of economic measures (such as sanctions, embargoes, tariffs, or the freezing of assets) to weaken the economy of another state, often to achieve political or military objectives.
The government shifted from kinetic operations to economic warfare to pressure the regime without deploying troops.
Wirtschaftskrieg
экономи́ческая война́ekonomíčeskaja vojná
Translations
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Origin
From economic + warfare.From economic + warfare.
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Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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