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Economic warfare

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The strategic use of economic measures (such as sanctions, embargoes, tariffs, or the freezing of assets) to weaken the economy of another state, often to achieve political or military objectives. uncountable

    "The government shifted from kinetic operations to economic warfare to pressure the regime without deploying troops."

Etymology

economic + warfare

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