trench warfare#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win
examples the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare
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Hypernym war, warfare
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Hyponym war, warfare

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