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trench war·fare

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trench warfarenoun

    a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other

    "instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare"

  2. trench warfarenoun

    a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win

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

Wiktionary

  1. trench warfarenoun

    Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches; usually very bloody, miserable, and endless.

  2. trench warfarenoun

    (By extension) Fighting of any sort which offers no hope of ending soon.

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  1. trench warfare

    Trench warfare is a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. This warfare is characterized by the soldiers' use of elaborate defensive systems composed of deep trenches, dugouts, barbed wire, and minefields. This type of combat strategy was most famously used during World War I. The tactical objective in trench warfare is to attack the enemy's positions while defending one's own.

Wikidata

  1. Trench warfare

    Trench warfare is a form of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. The most prominent case of trench warfare is the Western Front in World War I. It has become a by word for stalemate, attrition and futility in conflict. Trench warfare occurred when a revolution in firepower was not matched by similar advances in mobility, resulting in a grueling form of warfare in which the defender held the advantage. In World War I, both sides constructed elaborate trench and dugout systems opposing each other along a front, protected from assault by barbed wire. The area between opposing trench lines was fully exposed to artillery fire from both sides. Attacks, even if successful, often sustained severe casualties as a matter of course.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trench warfare in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trench warfare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of trench warfare in a Sentence

  1. Kelly Burton:

    It’s just trench warfare back and forth.

  2. George Will:

    They're supposedly advising and assisting, but [this is a] conflict where there are no static lines, as there were in World War II or in the trench warfare of World War I.

  3. Peggy Noonan, special assistant and speech writer to Reagan, 1984-88:

    The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.

  4. Chuck Schumer:

    We can decide, today, to commit to solving this problem. Each side can stop pointing fingers. Each side can lay down their arms, each side can put aside the resentments built up after years of trench warfare on nominees--We can decide, today, to talk about a way out of this impasse instead of changing the rules.

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