conventional warfare

noun

The waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.

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Meanings

nounconventional warfare (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.

    For McNamara's buildup, which has given the armed forces the capacity to respond flexibly to guerrilla and conventional warfare as well as to nuclear attack, the defense budget this year will be $7.5 billion higher than the last Eisenhower defense budget in 1960.

    1965 October 8, “Strongest & Longest”, in Time
  2. uncountableThe waging of war in set military battles, as opposed to waging guerrilla warfare or fighting insurgencies.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 常規戰爭 /常规战争, 常規戰爭 /常规战争
  • 常規戰爭 /常规战争 (chángguī zhànzhēng)waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
  • 常規戰爭 /常规战争 (chángguī zhànzhēng)waging of war in set military battles
Finnish tavanomainen sodankäynti, konventionaalinen sodankäynti
  • tavanomainen sodankäyntiwaging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
  • konventionaalinen sodankäyntiwaging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
  • tavanomainen sodankäyntiwaging of war in set military battles
  • konventionaalinen sodankäyntiwaging of war in set military battles
French guerre conventionnelle, guerre classique
  • guerre conventionnellewaging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
  • guerre classiquewaging of war in set military battles
  • guerre conventionnellewaging of war in set military battles
German konventionelle Kriegsführung, konventionelle Kriegsführung
  • konventionelle Kriegsführungwaging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
  • konventionelle Kriegsführungwaging of war in set military battles
Romanian război convențional, război convențional
  • război convenționalwaging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
  • război convenționalwaging of war in set military battles
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“conventional warfare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventional%20warfare. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conventional warfare,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventional%20warfare.

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