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N-COUNT When two countries in conflict engage in a shooting war, they fight each other with weapons rather than opposing each other by diplomatic or other means. 武力对抗 [journalism]
The problem that began with the pig was about to become a shooting war.
由猪引发的问题将要变成一场枪战。
Cost was secondary, and time was least important of all, given that there was no shooting war.
成本被排第二，而时间被当成了最不重要的一个要素，只要没有交火事件发生。
Spying probably presents the most immediate danger to the West: the loss of high-tech know-how that could erode its economic lead or, if it ever came to a shooting war, blunt its military edge.
高科技技术泄露会侵蚀其经济领导地位。一旦发生热战既会削弱其军事优势。
This battle is not real war, of course. The Marines are shooting blanks.
VOA: standard.2010.04.06
(Shooting Sound) Violence in Afghanistan is mounting, U.S.public support for the war is slipping and lawmakers in Mr.Obama's own party have criticized his plan to send tens of thousands more troops.
VOA: standard.2009.12.15
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