| Library / English Dictionary |
TRENCH WARFARE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other
Example:
instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("trench warfare" is a kind of...):
armed combat; combat (an engagement fought between two military forces)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win
Example:
the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("trench warfare" is a kind of...):
war; warfare (an active struggle between competing entities)
