war game

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noun Military.

a simulated military operation, carried out to test the validity of a war plan or operational concept: in its simplest form, two opposing teams of officers take part, and when necessary, military units of the required strength are employed.

Origin of war game

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby war game

warfare, warfarin, warfarin sodium, Warfield, war footing, war game, war hawk, warhead, Warhol, Warhol, Andy, war-horse

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Example sentences from the Web for war game

Not so bad for a nation quite new to the war-game and living three thousand miles beyond the horizon!
Out To Win|Coningsby Dawson
This money equipped and furnished the gymnasium in the tower, the room now devoted to the war-game.
The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace|Frederick Morse Cutler
I described our life on the desert and told something of the war-game as I had seen it played.
From the Bottom Up|Alexander Irvine
But the trouble with the Belgians was that they didn't play the war-game according to the rules in the book.
Fighting in Flanders|E. Alexander Powell

His sons, being given rather to sword-play and the war-game, died before him.
The White Plumes of Navarre|Samuel Rutherford Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for war game

war game

noun

a notional tactical exercise for training military commanders, in which no military units are actually deployed

a game in which model soldiers are used to create battles, esp past battles, in order to study tactics

verb war-game

(intr) to prepare for battle by considering possible tactics and enemy responses

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单词	war game
释义	war game SEE SYNONYMS FOR war game ON THESAURUS.COM noun Military. a simulated military operation, carried out to test the validity of a war plan or operational concept: in its simplest form, two opposing teams of officers take part, and when necessary, military units of the required strength are employed. Origin of war game First recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby war game warfare, warfarin, warfarin sodium, Warfield, war footing, war game, war hawk, warhead, Warhol, Warhol, Andy, war-horse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for war game Not so bad for a nation quite new to the war-game and living three thousand miles beyond the horizon! Out To Win\|Coningsby Dawson This money equipped and furnished the gymnasium in the tower, the room now devoted to the war-game. The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace\|Frederick Morse Cutler I described our life on the desert and told something of the war-game as I had seen it played. From the Bottom Up\|Alexander Irvine But the trouble with the Belgians was that they didn't play the war-game according to the rules in the book. Fighting in Flanders\|E. Alexander Powell His sons, being given rather to sword-play and the war-game, died before him. The White Plumes of Navarre\|Samuel Rutherford Crockett British Dictionary definitions for war game war game noun a notional tactical exercise for training military commanders, in which no military units are actually deployed a game in which model soldiers are used to create battles, esp past battles, in order to study tactics verb war-game (intr) to prepare for battle by considering possible tactics and enemy responses Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to war game parade, deployment, exercise, drill, measure, battle, procedure, movement, tryout, dress rehearsal, stratagem, evolution, proceeding, tactics, plan, war games, maneuver, rehearsal, road test, run through
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war game

noun Military.

Origin of war game

Words nearby war game

Example sentences from the Web for war game

British Dictionary definitions for war game

noun

verb war-game

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