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council of war
noun
- a conference of high-ranking military or naval officers, usually for discussing a major emergency or war problem.
- any conference for discussing or deciding upon a course of action.
council of war
noun
- an assembly of military leaders in wartime
- an emergency meeting to formulate a plan
Word History and Origins
Origin of council of war1
Example Sentences
It was not wasted time: they held a council of war.
In a meeting at his bedside, Barry recounts how he told negotiators: “Gentlemen, this is not a meeting of the Peace Commission. It is more a Council of War.”
For more than six months, Washington had pleaded with his council of war to approve an amphibious assault on the British garrison.
This year’s Bilderberg summit is a council of war.
“Well, I didn’t come to Kansas to party, my boy. Ceres asked me here for a council of war. What with Gaea rising, the crops are withering. Droughts are spreading. The karpoi are in revolt. Even my grapes aren’t safe. Ceres wanted a united front in the plant war.”
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