Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
guerras quirúrgicas
English translation:
surgical strikes
Spanish term
guerras quirúrgicas
Drones? Suggestions appreciated.
4 +6 | surgical strikes | nweatherdon |
3 | lightening strikes | GillW (MCIL) |
Non-PRO (1): philgoddard
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Proposed translations
surgical strikes
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Note added at 7 mins (2013-08-09 23:39:54 GMT)
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in a surgical strike, you would expect a carefully planned effort to take out key military targets and infrastructure really fast, and be right back out on the double.
If this is correct, they could also say "ataque quirúrgico" rather than "guerre. War is too long term of a thing to refer to a surgical strike, imo. One of the objectives of a surgical strike is to do it all fast enough to avoid a war, as far as I understand.
Thank you! That's exactly what it is, I just didn't know the term in English. |
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