Meaning of proxy war in English
(Definition of proxy war from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of proxy war
proxy war
This is by definition a major power proxy war.
From Foreign Policy
No one ever really wins a war, not even a proxy war.
From CNN
A proxy war is always lengthy.
From CNN
This would not be proxy wars, but direct war.
From Huffington Post
But debates about language are always proxy wars.
From NPR
Neither side is yet exhausted by the proxy wars or satisfied with the current balance of power.
From Reuters
It will be fought in cyberspace and social media just as much as it will be fought in the shadows and the inevitable proxy wars that lie ahead.
From Huffington Post
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