| Engelsk substantiv: trench warfare | 
| 1. | trench warfare (om handling) a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win | 
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 | Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | war, warfare | 
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| 2. | trench warfare (om handling) a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other | 
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 | Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare. 
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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | armed combat, combat | 
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