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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Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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
Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
The war game included a variety of training, including anti-ship drills.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Verb
My flight was to be part of a larger war-games exercise involving five other aircraft.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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
Noun
Advertisement The future of Puerto Rico must be written not with missiles and war games, but with the aspirations of a people determined to live in peace.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
The war game included a variety of training, including anti-ship drills.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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“War-game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war-game. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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