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hybrid warfare

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of warfare that blends both conventional warfare and irregular warfare, such as cyberwarfare, economic warfare, information warfare, psychological warfare and terrorism using either paramilitary or insurgents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հիբրիդային պատերազմ (hibridayin paterazm) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Asturian: guerra híbrida — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Azerbaijani: hibrid müharibəsi — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Belarusian: гібры́дная вайна́ (hibrýdnaja vajná) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Bulgarian: хибридна война (hibridna vojna) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Catalan: guerra híbrida — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Chinese Mandarin: 混合戰 /混合战 (hùnhézhàn) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Czech: hybridní válka — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Dutch: hybride oorlogsvoering — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Estonian: hübriidsõda — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Finnish: hybridisodankäynti — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • French: guerre hybride — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Georgian: ჰიბრიდული ომი (hibriduli omi) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Georgian: ჰიბრიდული ომის წარმოება (hibriduli omis c̣armoeba) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Georgian: ჰიბრიდული ომის გაჩაღება (hibriduli omis gačaɣeba) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • German: hybride Kriegsführung — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • German: Hybridkrieg — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Greek: υβριδικός πόλεμος (yvridikós pólemos) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Icelandic: fjölþáttahernaður — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Indonesian: perang hibrida — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Italian: guerra ibrida — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Japanese: ハイブリッド戦争 — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Korean: 하이브리드 전쟁 (haibeurideu jeonjaeng) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Norwegian: hybridkrigføring — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Persian: جنگ ترکیبی — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Polish: wojna hybrydowa — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Romanian: război hibrid — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Russian: гибри́дная война́ (gibrídnaja vojná) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Serbo-Croatian: hibridni rat — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Serbo-Croatian: хибридни рат — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Slovak: hybridná vojna — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Spanish: guerra híbrida — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Swedish: hybridkrigföring — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Thai: การสงครามผสมผสาน — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Turkish: hibrit savaş — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare
  • Ukrainian: гібри́дна війна́ (hibrýdna vijná) — warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare