war room

American  

noun

1. a room at a military headquarters in which strategy is planned and current battle situations are monitored.

2. any room of similar function, as in a civilian or business organization.

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Example Sentences

Buck Turgidson, one of the film’s most memorable characters, while agitating the president in the war room for a first strike against the Soviet Union.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

The women worked in shifts in the base’s war room, or Hamal, watching Gaza through a bank of monitors around the clock.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

“We’ll set up our war room in one of the conference rooms that we’re calling the Championship Conference Room that overlooks the courts,” Rhea said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Kliavkoff established a war room devoted to making sure his schools would be safe amid the uncertainty.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Smith stepped into what looked like some kind of makeshift war room.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin