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limited war

noun as in war with low number of objectives

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President Obama 2, you warn that it's difficult to wage only a limited war.

We intend to wage a so-called "limited war," when there is, in fact, no such thing.

We are left, in fact, with an impression that there must be two kinds of limited war.

Before leaving the general consideration of limited war, we have still to deal with a form of it that has not yet been mentioned.

Now these are in effect the conditions which limited war should give—that is, if the theatre and method be rightly chosen.

In the Japanese case the immediate political object was exceptionally well adapted for the use of limited war.

The theoretical weakness of limited war at this point is the arrest of your offensive action.

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On this page you'll find 2 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to limited war, such as: localized war, and small war.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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