shooting war

English

Noun

shooting war (plural shooting wars)

An outright war between military powers.
Coordinate terms: cold war, war of nerves

Further reading

“shooting war”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“shooting war”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“shooting war”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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