war room
Americannoun
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a room at a military headquarters in which strategy is planned and current battle situations are monitored.
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any room of similar function, as in a civilian or business organization.
Example Sentences
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Before the current cease-fire, members of Shin Bet, the military and the air force gathered in a war room to identify, find and strike targets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
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 Tatzpitaniyot were ordered to abandon their positions and head to an office inside the war room.
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
They turned their desks into a trigonometric war room, poring over equations, scrawling ideas on blackboards, evaluating their work, erasing it, starting over.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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