war room

noun

|Updated on: 12 Jun 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

Ryan walks into the war room and stops dead in front of a screen displaying what looks like an ultrasound of a boa constrictor.

— genesee keevil, Popular Mechanics, "The Rush: What the World's Greatest Gold Prospector Knows," 17 May 2018
Abbott happened to visit the war room with the Cowboys' selection just two picks away, so Jones spontaneously handed the phone to Abbott during the customary draft call.

— drew davison, star-telegram, "Texas Governor Greg Abbott surprises Cowboys' Michael Gallup with war room call | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 27 Apr. 2018
The Padres have secured housing around Cooperstown, N.Y., and the team’s personnel department will set up a war room and conduct its business there in the days leading up to and immediately after Hoffman’s July 29 enshrinement.

— kevin acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Padres staff, coaches have plans for Hall of Fame weekend," 18 Mar. 2018
Nese's friends and family embarked on a search and set up what amounted to a war room inside her East Boston apartment.

— caitlin o'kane, CBS News, "After woman begs for thief to return dog inside stolen SUV, yellow lab is found," 7 May 2018
The bride, 30, works in Washington as the deputy communications director for the Democratic Party and director of its war room, used for political planning, strategizing and project management.

— New York Times, "Adrienne Watson, William Jennings," 6 May 2018
To prove it, Dorsey put Peter King of The Monday Morning Quarterback on the phone with Williams on Friday when King was in the war room with Dorsey at the Browns facility.

— mary kay cabot, cleveland.com, "Browns' John Dorsey reveals he had Bradley Chubb and Denzel Ward ranked equally," 1 May 2018
When the Falcons called Ridley from their war room, the celebration back home made it so the wide receiver could hardly hear as Dimitroff, Quinn and team owner Arthur Blank passed the phone around.

— mark inabinett, AL.com, "Falcons use inside information from Steve Sarkisian to draft Calvin Ridley," 27 Apr. 2018
None of them could recall seeing such a moment in an NFL draft war room.

— childs walker, baltimoresun.com, "Lamar Jackson pick capped emotional first night in Ravens war room," 27 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of war room

1901

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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WAR ROOM Defined for English Language Learners

war room

noun

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