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shooting war
noun
- open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
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Just as all is fair in a shooting war, so manipulation and deception are legitimate tools in a culture war.
From The Daily Beast
But Hengly can turn this world upside down and might even get a shooting-war going before they get here.
From Project Gutenberg
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