Synonyms for trench warfare
trench war·fare

Princeton's WordNet

1. trench warfarenoun

   a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other

   "instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare"

2. trench warfarenoun

   a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win

   "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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1. • Combat
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1. Chuck Schumer:

   We can decide, today, to commit to solving this problem. Each side can stop pointing fingers. Each side can lay down their arms, each side can put aside the resentments built up after years of trench warfare on nominees--We can decide, today, to talk about a way out of this impasse instead of changing the rules.

2. George Will:

   They're supposedly advising and assisting, but [this is a] conflict where there are no static lines, as there were in World War II or in the trench warfare of World War I.

3. Peggy Noonan, special assistant and speech writer to Reagan, 1984-88:

   The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.

4. Kelly Burton:

   It’s just trench warfare back and forth.