nature of warfare

collocation in English

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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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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 ofnatureandwarfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To me it is much more than a police operation; it is more in thenatureofwarfare.
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Those who carp about the "lack of action" do so from a position of ignorance about thenatureofwarfare.
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There is much talk about a revolution in military affairs, transforming thenatureofwarfareas we have known it.
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I cannot give any indication of when we anticipate that the military action will be concluded—that is thenatureofwarfare.
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As he rightly observed, thenatureofwarfaremoves forward all the time and all kinds of new challenges lie ahead.
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Technology has moved on since then, and thenatureofwarfarehas fundamentally changed.
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Thenatureofwarfarehas changed completely.
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In the time horizon—the next 20 to 25 years—it will be one of the fundamental changes in thenatureofwarfareat which we shall have to have a look.
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That is thenatureofwarfare.
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Many will argue about whether some of these incidents are deliberate, but we must all realise that many are inescapable from thenatureofwarfarewhen it is carried on.
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First, the changingnatureofwarfare.
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The game also had improved graphics and a complex storyline dealing with themes such as thenatureofwarfareand nuclear disarmament.
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She argues that the protection paradigms currently in use are inadequate to meet the challenges of the future, such as climate change, protracted displacement, and the changingnatureofwarfare.
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The birth of a machine age which had made major changes in the conditions of daily life in the 19th century now had radically changed thenatureofwarfare.
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Since this type of fortification had become insignificant due to the changednatureofwarfare, demolition of the remaining elements of the ruin began in 1650.
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