war game
Americannoun
noun
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a notional tactical exercise for training military commanders, in which no military units are actually deployed
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a game in which model soldiers are used to create battles, esp past battles, in order to study tactics
verb
Etymology
Origin of war game
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Sharpe says that during his time in the Royal Navy, they conducted war games simulating an Iranian attack on military basses in the Middle East.
From BBC
Just to top that with a cherry, a recent study found that in war games, AI’s escalated to nuclear options 95% of the time.
From Los Angeles Times
When I asked him about how the Fed might institute a mechanism to question its groupthink, he suggested the institution borrow a technique by the national security experts in war games to question its models.
From Barron's
The two-day war games kicked off on Monday - nearly two weeks after the US announced one of its largest-ever arms sale to Taiwan.
From BBC
That “war game” should have shaken me up more than it did, however.
From Salon
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