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1. (n.) war of nerves
a campaign of propaganda, false rumors, or the like, in an attempt to confuse and demoralize the enemy without resorting to direct violence.
Etymology: (1935–40)
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1. (noun) psychological warfare, war of nerves
the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale
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Sense: a war, contest etc in which each side tries to win by making the other nervous, eg by bluff, rather than by actually fighting
That game of chess was a war of nerves.
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 Afrikaans: senustryd |
 Arabic: حَرْب أعْصاب |
 Bulgarian: игра на нерви |
 Brazilian: guerra de nervos |
 Czech: válka nervů |
 German: der Nervenkrieg |
 Danish: nervekrig |
 Greek: πόλεμος νεύρων |
 Spanish: guerra de nervios, guerra |
 Estonian: närvide mäng |
 Farsi: جنگ فكري |
 Finnish: hermosota |
 French: guerre des nerfs |
 Hebrew: מִלחֶמֶת עֲצַבִּים |
 Hindi: मनोवैज्ञानिक युद्ध |
 Croatian: ratživaca |
 Hungarian: idegháború |
 Indonesian: perang urat saraf |
 Icelandic: taugastríð |
 Italian: guerra dei nervi |
 Japanese: 神経戦 |
 Korean: 신경전 |
 Lithuanian: nervø karas |
 Latvian: nervu karš |
 Malay: perlawanan |
 Dutch: zenuwenoorlog |
 Norwegian: nervekrig |
 Polish: wojna nerwów |
 Portuguese: guerra de nervos |
 Romanian: război al nervilor |
 Russian: война нервов |
 Slovak: vojna nervov |
 Slovenian: živčna vojna |
 Serbian: rat nerava |
 Swedish: nervkrig |
 Thai: สงครามประสาท |
 Turkish: sinir harbi |
 Taiwanese: 神經戰 |
 Ukrainian: психологічна |
 Urdu: نفسیاتی جنگ |
 Vietnamese: chiến tranh tâm lý |
 Chinese: 神经战 |
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