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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

war game • n. a military exercise carried out to test or improve tactical expertise. ∎ a simulated military conflict carried out as a game, leisure activity, or exercise in personal development. • v. [tr.] (war-game) engage in (a campaign or course of action) using the strategies of such a military exercise: there seemed to be no point war-gaming an election 15 months away. DERIVATIVES: war-gam·er n.

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war game

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

war game
1. a simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.

2. a simulated military conflict carried out as a game, leisure activity, or exercise in personal development.

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war gaming

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

war gaming n.
1. the action of playing a war game as a leisure activity or exercise in personal development.

2. the action of engaging in a campaign or course of action using the strategies of a military exercise.

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