sort of warfare
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsortandwarfare
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sort
noun
uk/sɔːt/us/sɔːrt/
a group of things that are of the same type or that share ...
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warfare
noun[U]
uk/ˈwɔː.feər/us/ˈwɔːr.fer/
the activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that ...
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(Definition ofsortandwarfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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How fatuous can thissortofwarfarebecome?
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That was a very differentsortofwarfare.
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They are very static in their military forces, and unsuitable for thissortofwarfare.
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Competition between countries is looked upon as asortofwarfare.
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The workers' struggle has been asortofwarfarefor better conditions.
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We had a great deal of trouble then with asortofwarfarebetween the islands and the mainland.
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It seems to me that they are the ideal kind of troops for thissortofwarfareand commitment.
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I suggest that we might use officers who are to become redundant as a part-time trained force for thatsortofwarfare.
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I think that conclusion was come to very clearly by all the nations engaged in thissortofwarfareat the end of the last war.
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All the allies are pulling different ways on different assumptions as to how and where it would be possible to limit thissortofwarfarein the event of aggression.
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