Dictionary

trench warfare en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches and repeatedly fire at one another; usually involving high casualty rates over a long period of time.
2. (broadly, figuratively, often, uncountable) Fighting of any sort which offers no hope of ending soon.

Hypernyms

war · fighting · conflict · warfare · fighting · war · conflict · warfare

Relateds

shell shock · trench knife · in the trenches · trench broom · stalemate · trench foot · hand-to-hand · trench mouth

Translations (14)

da skyttegravskrig (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · fi asemasota (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · de Grabenkampf (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · gd cogadh nan trainnsichean (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · sv skyttegravskrig (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · es guerra de trincheras (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · de Grabenkampf (fighting of any sort) · de Grabenkrieg (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · fr guerre des tranchées (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · nl loopgravenoorlog (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · uk позиці́йна війна́ (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · sv skyttegravskrig (fighting of any sort) · is skotgrafahernaður (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches) · pl wojna pozycyjna (warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches)