war game

/ˌwɔr ˈgeɪm/
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Other forms: war games

Definitions of war game
  1. noun
    a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy
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    simulation
    the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
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