dirty war

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Definition of dirty war in English English dictionary

an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims; "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s

Hyphenation

dir·ty war

Turkish pronunciation

dırti wôr

Pronunciation

/ˈdərtē ˈwôr/ /ˈdɜrtiː ˈwɔːr/