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room at a military headquarters in which strategy is planned and current battle situations are monitored; any room of similar function, as in a civilian or business organization

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  • That she is driven more by tactical war-room politics than by the issues!
  • The compulsive war-room mentality of both Clintons is neurosis writ large.
  • One of the favourite maxims of the Bill Clinton war-room was: “Speed kills.”
  • The war-room team became a standing operation and beefed up its Washington lobby.
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