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English noun: trench warfare

1. trench warfare (act) a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win


SamplesThe hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare.


Broader (hypernym)war, warfare

2. trench warfare (act) a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other


SamplesInstead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare.


Broader (hypernym)armed combat, combat









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