trench warfare
noun
: warfare in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from a relatively permanent system of trenches protected by barbed-wire entanglements
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The mortar would have been used as part of trench warfare.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
That began to change when Europe descended into the brutal trench warfare of World War I.
Initially, American politicians avoided becoming involved.
—Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
The unspeakable war in Europe, not yet known as World War I, was in its sixth month and had introduced miserable trench warfare to the lexicon.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
But the experience is largely limited to trench warfare and artillery skirmishes.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
That began to change when Europe descended into the brutal trench warfare of World War I.
Initially, American politicians avoided becoming involved.
—Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
The unspeakable war in Europe, not yet known as World War I, was in its sixth month and had introduced miserable trench warfare to the lexicon.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
But the experience is largely limited to trench warfare and artillery skirmishes.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
See All Example Sentences for trench warfare
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“Trench warfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trench%20warfare. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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