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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Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2025
My flight was to be part of a larger war-games exercise involving five other aircraft.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the past few years, China has conducted numerous exercises aimed at demonstrating its ability to operate around the island, including large-scale multi-service war games that involve land, air, naval, and rocket forces.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Commanders say American soldiers need more small, cheap drones to practice with, because they are often destroyed during training – through design flaws, human mistakes, or as part of war-game ambushes.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2025
My flight was to be part of a larger war-games exercise involving five other aircraft.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
On a Tuesday last month, this effort brought him to a co-working space in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood to play a war game of sorts with about 15 finance professionals, nonprofit leaders, technology executives, and former Democratic-campaign advisers—and me.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the past few years, China has conducted numerous exercises aimed at demonstrating its ability to operate around the island, including large-scale multi-service war games that involve land, air, naval, and rocket forces.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
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“War-game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war-game. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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