Used during the war of 1914–18 to render German Schrecklichkeit (see Schrecklichkeit, n.), implying a deliberate policy of terrorizing the enemy…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > policies and theories (14) frightfulness1914 Used during the war of 1914–18 to render German Schrecklichkeit (see Schrecklichkeit, n.), implying a deliberate policy of terrorizing the enemy… Schrecklichkeit1917 = frightfulness, n. 2b. Also transferred and figurative. scorched earth1937 used attributively of a policy of destroying all means of sustenance or supply in a country that might be of use to an invading enemy, or of… retreatism1942 Advocacy of a policy of (typically military) retreat; a policy characterized by the advocacy of retreat. Subcategories:— person(s) (10) |
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