warfighting

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English

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Etymology

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From war +‎ fighting.

Noun

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warfighting (uncountable)

  1. (military, often attributive) The fighting of a war.
    • 2009 September 24, Martin Butcher, “Brown can be bold on disarmament”, in Guardian[1]:
      In addition he should announce that the so-called "tactical Trident", where some missiles carrying only one warhead for use in regional wars, will no longer be deployed – that Britain considers nuclear weapons only as a strategic deterrent against the use of nuclear forces, not as a warfighting weapon.