warfighting
nounEtymology From war + fighting.
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Government, Military, Politics, War Often The fighting of a war.
- Near-synonyms: warfare, war
- In addition he should announce that the so-called "tactical Trident", where some missiles carrying only one warhead for use in regional wars, will no longer be deployed – that Britain considers nuclear weapons only as a strategic deterrent against the use of nuclear forces, not as a warfighting weapon.2009 September 24, Martin Butcher, “Brown can be bold on disarmament”, in Guardian:
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- He [Pete Hegseth] added that any general involved with D.E.I. efforts should be fired. “Either you’re in for warfighting, and that’s it,” he said. “That’s the only litmus test we care about.”2025 February 22, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Jonathan Swan, “Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Related terms
- warfighter, warrior