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
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
In a war game run by the Center for a New American Security, a think tank, for the House Select Committee on China, U.S. forces used more than 80 percent of their long-range missiles within a week of the outbreak of war over Taiwan.
—Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 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
The South Korean air force vowed to continue conducting trilateral war games to enhance cooperation among the three allied nations in deterring North Korea, according to the report.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
In a war game run by the Center for a New American Security, a think tank, for the House Select Committee on China, U.S. forces used more than 80 percent of their long-range missiles within a week of the outbreak of war over Taiwan.
—Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025
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“War-game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war-game. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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