Usually means: Psychological manipulation to induce surrender.
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  1. war of nerves: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. war of nerves: Merriam-Webster
  3. war of nerves: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. war of nerves: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. war of nerves: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. war of nerves: Wiktionary
  9. war of nerves: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. War of Nerves (M*A*S*H), War of Nerves: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (war of nerves)

noun:  (idiomatic) Warfare characterized by psychological manipulation, involving tactics intended to demoralize, frighten, and unnerve opponents in order to prompt surrender.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) A situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.

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