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trench warfare: a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other; "instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare"; a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win; "the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare"

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bushfighting collapse

psychological warfare collapse: the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale

fosse collapse

countermine collapse: (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy; destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river"

entrenchment collapse: an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches

dugout collapse: either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game

foxhole collapse: a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire

tunnel collapse: a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"; force a way through

moat collapse: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

frightening collapse

bunker collapse: a hazard on a golf course; a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground; a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were full of coal"; hit a golf ball into a bunker; transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse; fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil

warfare collapse

wartime collapse: a period of time during which there is armed conflict

hostilities collapse: fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"

state of war collapse

competition collapse: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"; a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"

rivalry collapse

dale collapse: an open river valley (in a hilly area)

glen collapse: a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)

military operations collapse

sap collapse: a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant; excavate the earth beneath

blitzkrieg collapse: fight a quick and surprising war

run at collapse

altercation collapse

adit collapse: a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine

counterattack collapse: (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board; an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.; make a counterattack

overcoat collapse: an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)

gallery collapse: narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade; a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns); a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"; a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited; spectators at a golf or tennis match

wrangling collapse

ingress collapse: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

safety zone collapse

duct collapse: an enclosed conduit for a fluid; a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"; a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

parapsychology collapse

striving collapse: an effortful attempt to attain a goal

litigation collapse: a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

goffer collapse: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats; an iron used to press pleats and ridges; a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

mine collapse: explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel; excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted; lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"; get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"

radiation sickness collapse: syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation"

trench foot collapse: resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet

jet lag collapse: fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel

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