English noun: trench warfare |
1. | trench warfare (act) a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win |
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| Samples | The hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare.
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| Broader (hypernym) | war, warfare |
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2. | trench warfare (act) a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other |
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| Samples | Instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare.
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| Broader (hypernym) | armed combat, combat |
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