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economic warfare

noun

Etymology

From economic + warfare.

  1. inherited from werre-faringe
  2. compounded as economic warfare — “economic + warfare”

Definitions

  1. The strategic use of economic measures (such as sanctions, embargoes, tariffs, or the…

    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.
    • Some of Mr. Trump’s other advisers shared similar views in private, dismissing warnings that — the second time around — Iran might wage economic warfare by closing shipping lanes carrying roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA