irregular warfare
noun1
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:
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In particular Warfare with the aim of gaining or establishing political authority using asymmetric warfare tactics.
- Antonyms
- conventional warfare
- Related terms
- insurgency
- Hyponyms
- asymmetric warfare, guerrilla warfare