shooting war

== English == === Noun === shooting war (plural shooting wars) An outright war between military powers. Coordinate terms: cold war, war of nerves === Further reading === “shooting war”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “shooting war”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “shooting war”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.