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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Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Roger Livesey stars as Clive Candy, a lifelong British soldier first seen losing a war-games exercise after his young opponent chooses not to play by the rules.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the report, the local government in Iwakuni was previously informed by the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau—a local branch of Japan's Defense Ministry—that the American missile system would be withdrawn one week after the war game.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
My flight was to be part of a larger war-games exercise involving five other aircraft.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Roger Livesey stars as Clive Candy, a lifelong British soldier first seen losing a war-games exercise after his young opponent chooses not to play by the rules.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
War stories have acquired even greater momentum since railroads and military staff colleges emerged in the late nineteenth century, when states committed themselves to the business of planning—a serious work that nevertheless entails playing war games and imagining scenarios.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the report, the local government in Iwakuni was previously informed by the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau—a local branch of Japan's Defense Ministry—that the American missile system would be withdrawn one week after the war game.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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“War-game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war-game. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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