I'm writing a text about children who have experienced war in some form. In my own language, we have an umbrella term for any situation involving war in some sense, and when I look it up in a dictionary, I get the translation "war event", but when I google "war event", it seems to appear more or less exclusively in a gaming context. So, now I'm wondering whether I can nevertheless use this in "my" context, or whether there's another word or phrase I should use.
Word Usage – Can ‘War Event’ Be Used in This Context
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Best Answer
"War event" is valid English, but it is not a particularly usual or familiar phrase in general English. If you use it in the way you describe, you may well want to define or explain your usage at or ner the start of your text.
Other phrases you might want to consider:
None of these is a set phrase, as it seems the phrase in your native language is, and you may be able to come up with a better choice.