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The phrase "small scale war" is correct and can be used in written English
It refers to a conflict or battle that is limited in size or scope, often involving a smaller number of combatants or occurring in a localized area. Example: The country was faced with a small scale war in its northern region, as rebel forces attempted to gain control of the area from the government. In this example, the phrase "small scale war" is used to describe the conflict happening in a specific part of the country, in contrast to a larger, nationwide war.
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A small-scale war erupted; at one point, the Clinton Administration believed that Pakistan's Army had taken steps to mobilize its nuclear weapons.
This ominous reminder has pushed to full-throttle my small-scale war on plaque, gingivitis, tartar and other Madison Avenue-fueled teeth enemies.
The politics of that small-scale war are established in advance, because the targets in question aren't abstract — the war has already come home to the Furious, with the nearly catastrophic demolition of Brian's home.
While the hue and cry in Parliament focused on coffins, the comptroller and auditor general's investigation of the $500 million spent on emergency supplies for India's small-scale war with Pakistan in the summer of 1999 offered broader criticisms.
Pakistani Army infiltrators had set off a small-scale war in the Kargil area of Kashmir after penetrating along a 150-mile front, at heights up to 18,000 feet.
The three were charged with killing fellow-Albanians, not Serbs, and were hauled before one of the local UN-sponsored courts whose remit includes relatively small-scale war crimes.
After a month of escalating tensions, last week the Chinese military's newspaper, The People's Liberation Army Daily, warned in an editorial that "China should be prepared to engage in a small-scale war" to defend the territory it calls Huangyan Island against claims from the Philippines, where the formation is known as Panatag Shoal or Scarborough Shoal.
It's a battleground for me: a way of waging small-scale war against modernity.
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Open warfare broke out between government and local pro-government forces and Bougainvillean factions, different groups of which sometimes fought with each other in distinct small-scale wars.
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