- kriegspiel
- [pl.] practice maneuvers involving actual troops, sailors, etc. and military vehicles and equipment
- the testing of a plan or hypothetical situation, as in devising military strategy, by the use of a computer, simulated models, etc.
war game
war-gamewar-game
transitive verb
-·gamed·, -·gam·ing to examine or plan by a war game
to engage in a war game or war games
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war game
noun
- An often physical or electronic simulation of a military operation involving two or more forces and using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed situation.
- A simulation of a proposed plan of action or a strategy, intended to test its validity when challenged.
war-game
verb
war-gamed, war-gam·ing, war-gamesverb
intransitiveTo engage in a war game.
verb
transitiveTo simulate (a military operation or a proposed plan of action) in order to test validity or effectiveness under actual or assumed conditions.
Related Forms:
- war gamer
noun
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Noun
(plural war games)
- (military) 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.
- A game that simulates or represents a military operation.
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