WAR OF NERVES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does war of nerves mean? 

• WAR OF NERVES (noun)
  The noun WAR OF NERVES has 1 sense:

1. the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale

  Familiarity information: WAR OF NERVES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAR OF NERVES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

psychological warfare; war of nerves

Hypernyms ("war of nerves" is a kind of...):

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)