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
Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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
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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
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard conducted war games this week in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital trade choke point for global oil flows.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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
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“War-game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war-game. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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