"shooting war" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shooting wars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shooting war (plural shooting wars)
  1. An outright war between military powers. Coordinate_terms: cold war, war of nerves
    Sense id: en-shooting_war-en-noun-bPxmupIz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Types of wars

Inflected forms

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