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trench warfare

NOUN
form of warfare with established lines
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His contention that bombing industrial centers would lead to a speedy victory was seen by many as a response to World War I, and the long slog of trench warfare.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 9, 2026

The plans for calling up more soldiers to fight in grim trench warfare were something nobody in Ukraine’s military or civilian leadership wanted to be associated with.

From Seattle Times Feb. 12, 2024

For draft-eligible men, trench warfare is a harrowing prospect.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2024

They were often little different from the trench warfare of a century ago.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2023

The effectiveness of machine guns as defensive weapons kept both sides from achieving a breakthrough and helped prolong the deadlock of trench warfare that immobilized the Western Front.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman



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