urban warfare

English

Noun

urban warfare

1. combat conducted in towns and cities
   • 2022 July 7, “Inspired by Ukraine, civilians study urban warfare in Taiwan”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on 07 July 2022:

     Yeh actually works in marketing, and his weapon is a replica -- but he is spending the weekend attending an urban warfare workshop to prepare for what he sees as the very real threat of a Chinese invasion.

   • 2022 September 4, Huizhong Wu, “Military reserves, civil defense worry Taiwan as China looms”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 05 September 2022‎^[3]:

     In July, the New Taipei city government organized a large-scale drill with its disaster services and the Defense Ministry. Included for the first time was urban warfare, such as how first responders would react to an attack on a train station or a port.

Translations

type of military conflict

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 城鎮戰 / 城镇战 (chéngzhènzhàn), 巷戰 / 巷战 (zh) (xiàngzhàn)

• Finnish: kaupunkisota
• Hindi: शहरी जंग (śahrī jaṅg), नगरीय युद्ध (nagrīya yuddh), शहरी युद्ध (śahrī yuddh)
• Japanese: 市街戦 (ja) (しがいせん, shigaisen)

Further reading

• “urban warfare”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “urban guerrilla warfare, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “urban warfare”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “urban warfare” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.