war room

noun

Updated on: 18 Apr 2018

Definition of war room

1 : a room at a military headquarters where maps showing the current status of troops in battle are maintained

2 : a room (as at a business headquarters) used for conferences and planning that is often specially equipped (as with computers, or charts)

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Examples of war room in a Sentence

the war room of the candidate's campaign headquarters

Recent Examples of war room from the Web

The network's lively war room amounts to just a small window into the all-consuming, round-the-clock, unending frenzy that the NFL draft has exploded into.

— rick maese, chicagotribune.com, "NFL draft analysis is a cottage industry — and everyone wants to join the neighborhood," 11 Apr. 2018
And not just the Oasis world, but the world of the (corporate) IOI war room.

— bill goodykoontz, azcentral, "Steven Spielberg on why the story of 'Ready Player One' matters over the special effects," 23 Mar. 2018
Over the last few months of the campaign, Parscale's team invested heavily in Facebook advertising, even hosting a Facebook employee at their Texas war room who helped guide their work.

— chicagotribune.com, "Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook debacle," 20 Mar. 2018
To me, BlueShark felt like a crude version of the war room in Ender's Game, from which commanders control a distant fleet.

— jerry beilinson, Popular Mechanics, "When Virtual Reality Goes Beyond Gaming," 25 Mar. 2014
Whatever the reason for Murray’s draft-night drop, Spurs brass left the war room that night in 2016 cautiously hopeful the team had nabbed its point guard of the future.

— jeff mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, "Changing of the point guards: How Dejounte Murray was built to succeed a legend," 21 Feb. 2018
As the camera rolled 7 1⁄2 months ago, the GM looked across the war room at the Golden Knights’ selections, each name boxed and checked on a grease board.

— alex prewitt, SI.com, "Viva Las Vegas: The Golden Knights Have Become the Hottest Act in Hockey," 6 Feb. 2018
The good news is the loss to the Ravens ensured the Colts of a top-three pick in the 2018 NFL draft, but don't expect coach Chuck Pagano to be in the war room.

— geoffrey c. arnold, OregonLive.com, "Houston Texans vs Indianapolis Colts: Score, live updates, TV channel, how to watch online," 31 Dec. 2017
For Menendez, Republicans are setting up a war room to track coverage of the trial and disseminate any potentially embarrassing details that emerge.

— herb jackson, USA TODAY, "GOP launches aggressive effort to pressure Bob Menendez to resign if convicted," 5 Sep. 2017

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war room

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Definition of war room for English Language Learners

: a room where battles are planned that is equipped with maps, computers, etc.
: a room where people meet and exchange plans, ideas, information, etc., in an active way

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