warfighting

English

Etymology

From war +‎ fighting.

Noun

warfighting (uncountable)

1. (military, often attributive) The fighting of a war.
   • 2009 September 24, Martin Butcher, “Brown can be bold on disarmament”, in Guardian‎:

     In addition he should announce that the so-called "tactical Trident", where some missiles carrying only one warhead for use in regional wars, will no longer be deployed – that Britain considers nuclear weapons only as a strategic deterrent against the use of nuclear forces, not as a warfighting weapon.

   • 2025 February 22, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Jonathan Swan, “Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     He [Pete Hegseth] added that any general involved with D.E.I. efforts should be fired. “Either you’re in for warfighting, and that’s it,” he said. “That’s the only litmus test we care about.”