push-button warfare

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• push-button — ☆ push button [poosh′but΄ n ] adj. 1. controlled by or carried out by means of a push button 2. highly mechanized, computerized, automatic, etc. [modern, push button warfare] …   English World dictionary

• push-button — push′ but ton adj. 1) elm operated by or as if by push buttons: push button tuning[/ex] 2) utilizing devices that can be easily activated from a distant location: push button warfare[/ex] • Etymology: 1875–80, amer …   From formal English to slang

• push-button — adjective (only before noun) 1 operated by pressing a button with your finger: The old car had a push button starter. 2 using computers or electronic equipment rather than traditional methods: push button warfare | the push button piloting of a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• push-button — adjective Date: 1916 1. operated or done by means of push buttons < a push button phone > 2. using or dependent on complex and more or less self operating mechanisms that are put in operation by a simple act comparable to pushing a button < push… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• push-button — /poosh but n/, adj. 1. operated by or as if by push buttons: push button tuning. 2. using complex, automated weapons, as long range missiles, that require only simple initial steps to put them into action: push button warfare. [1875 80, Amer.] *… …   Universalium

• push-button — 1. adjective Which can be initiated or activated at the push of a button. push button warfare 2. noun An electrical switch activated by pressing a button …   Wiktionary

• push-button — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: push button 1. : operated, carried on, or done by means of push buttons or as if by such means 2. of warfare : using complex and more or less self operating mechanisms that accomplish missions against enemy… …   Useful english dictionary

• push-but|ton — push button, a small button or knob pushed to turn an electric current on or off. push but|ton «PUSH BUHT uhn», adjective. of or having to do with actions carried out by automatic or remote controlled mechanisms: »push button warfare, the push… …   Useful english dictionary

• warfare — n. armored; atomic, nuclear; biological; chemical; conventional; desert; economic; germ; global; guerrilla; jungle; modern; naval; psychological; push button; trench warfare * * * [ wɔːfeə] atomic biological chemical conventional desert economic… …   Combinatory dictionary

• psychological warfare — Synonyms and related words: A war, H war, abnormal psychology, academic psychology, aerial warfare, amphibious warfare, analytical psychology, animal psychology, applied psychology, armed neutrality, association psychology, atom war, atomic war,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bushfighting — Synonyms and related words: A war, H war, aerial warfare, amphibious warfare, atom war, atomic war, bacteriological warfare, biological warfare, chemical warfare, conventional war, defensive warfare, gas warfare, germ warfare, guerrilla warfare,… …   Moby Thesaurus