war room
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5.1
- noun
- /wɔr rum/
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sala de crisis
- Striding in, the President surveys the war room.
- campaign war room
- set up a war room
- war room staff
Fire up that war room, George, and destroy her.
- Fire up that war room, George, and destroy her.
- So when Steve Bannon has a siren on his head running around the war room saying this is dangerous, this is bad.
Examples
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So this is the war room.
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I'll be in the war room.
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- Guys, we're back in the war room.
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This your war room here, huh?
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I call it my war room.
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This is our war room.
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Let's have a look in the war room.
Fiction book (1993) -
Your generals have gathered in the war room.
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An illuminated chart dominates one wall, just like the strategy map in the Pentagon's war room.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the election, the candidates frequently consulted in the war room to strategize their next moves.
Synonyms
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6.3
A private place where a small group makes important decisions away from public view
How Strategic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is largely compositional — a B1 learner who knows 'war' and 'room' can infer it refers to a room associated with wartime activity or operations. However, the specialised sense of a central strategy/command center and its extended, metaphorical use in politics or business may not be fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrase war room comes from the military, where leaders met in a single room during a war, with maps and radios to plan their moves. So today a war room means a busy place where people make quick 'strategic decisions'.