war-gamed; war-gaming; war-games
: to plan or conduct in the manner of a war game
war-gamed an invasion—
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: to conduct a war game
1
: a simulated battle or campaign to test military concepts and usually conducted in conferences by officers acting as the opposing staffs
2
: a two-sided umpired training maneuver with actual elements of the armed forces participating
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
My flight was to be part of a larger war-games exercise involving five other aircraft.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
In war games that simulate a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, Washington runs out of key munitions within weeks.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Roger Livesey stars as Clive Candy, a lifelong British soldier first seen losing a war-games exercise after his young opponent chooses not to play by the rules.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
My flight was to be part of a larger war-games exercise involving five other aircraft.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
China dispatched a naval group led by an aircraft carrier to the western Pacific Ocean after the United States deployed ship-sinking missiles in the Philippines for a bilateral war game.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
In war games that simulate a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, Washington runs out of key munitions within weeks.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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“War-game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war-game. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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