HyperDic: proxy_war

English > 1 sense of the expression proxy war:
NOUNstateproxy wara war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate
English > proxy war: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate.
Broaderwar, state of warA legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

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