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noun
combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
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Origin of trench warfare
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby trench warfare
trench fever, trench foot, trench knife, trench mortar, trench mouth, trench warfare, trend, Trendelenburg position, Trendelenburg's sign, Trendelenburg's test, trendify
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How to use trench warfare in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for trench warfare
trench warfare
noun
a type of warfare in which opposing armies face each other in entrenched positions
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Cultural definitions for trench warfare
trench warfare
Warfare marked by slow wearing down of the opposing forces and piecemeal gains at heavy cost. The term applies especially to World War I.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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