war room
noun
1
: a room at a military headquarters where maps showing the current status of troops in battle are maintained
2
: a room (as at a business headquarters) used for conferences and planning that is often specially equipped (as with computers, or charts)
Examples of war room in a Sentence
the war room of the candidate's campaign headquarters
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Eisenhower and Cronkite visited the Allies' war room on England's southern coast; the coast of France, including Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach; and the American military cemetery at St. Laurent-on-the-Sea.
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David Morgan, CBS News, 7 June 2024
The big reveal in the pre-war timeline takes place in a smokey executive suite lovingly evocative of Dr. Strangelove’s war room, in Vault-Tec HQ.
—Jack King, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Play Download Article Over the past decade, the prospect of Chinese military aggression in the Indo-Pacific has moved from the realm of the hypothetical to the war rooms of U.S. defense planners.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
The aides told Politico that there is no plan for a war room or response operation from within the White House.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
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David Morgan, CBS News, 7 June 2024
The big reveal in the pre-war timeline takes place in a smokey executive suite lovingly evocative of Dr. Strangelove’s war room, in Vault-Tec HQ.
—Jack King, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Play Download Article Over the past decade, the prospect of Chinese military aggression in the Indo-Pacific has moved from the realm of the hypothetical to the war rooms of U.S. defense planners.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
The aides told Politico that there is no plan for a war room or response operation from within the White House.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
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“War room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20room. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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