shooting war
noun
open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
Words Nearby shooting war
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use shooting war in a sentence
It’s a good start towards being able to do the same in a shooting war.
Watch a team of robots launch and target a missile | Kelsey D. Atherton | October 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAs it turned out, she was stationed in an office that was stocked with guns, ammunition and gold, and she directed the efforts of commandos in a shooting war.
Forgotten spies who fought the Nazis in the Middle East | Jonathan Kirsch | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostJust as all is fair in a shooting war, so manipulation and deception are legitimate tools in a culture war.
But Hengly can turn this world upside down and might even get a shooting-war going before they get here.
The K-Factor | Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
Browse