trench warfare

Noun

Meaning

a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other

a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

stalemate attrition bushfighting amphibious assault guerrilla warfare asymmetric warfare digging in waging war any war attrition warfare field works full-scale war ground battle one war static warfare
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Antonyms

rest agreement harmony accord pause peace treaty

Hypernyms

war combat warfare armed combat

Related terms

trench mouth trench foot in the trenches trench knife trench broom

Examples

Love is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down. Lawrence Durrell

The live-and-let-live system that emerged in the bitter trench warfare of World War I demonstrates that friendship is hardly necessary for cooperation based upon reciprocity to get started. Under suitable circumstances, cooperation can develop even between antagonists. Robert Axelrod

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain. Peggy Noonan

Gay marriage can't be a partisan issue because as long as there are partisan issues or cultural issues in this country, you'll have trench warfare like on the western front in World War I. You'll have lots of carnage and no progress. Peter Thiel

instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare Source: Internet

the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

trench sweeper Trench Town trench war trench zone trench-bomb trench-coated