battlefield
noun
bat·tle·field
ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfēld 
1
: a place where a battle is fought
2
: an area of conflict
Examples of battlefield in a Sentence
Hundreds of dead soldiers lay on the battlefield.
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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Soon after radios were deployed to the battlefield, soldiers realized that sending bursts of static over a frequency could disrupt the enemy’s ability to communicate.
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Justin Ling, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Four GIs could flip one on its side for battlefield maintenance, on the rare occasions something on the rugged little vehicle broke.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
The bachelor party gets underway on the paintball battlefield, where the members of Jack’s platoon discuss whether to wear suits or their dress blues at the wedding.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The president also said that Russian forces are making progress on the battlefield and that Ukrainian troops would be ejected from positions in Russia's western Kursk region, though did not offer an estimate of how long that would take.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Justin Ling, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Four GIs could flip one on its side for battlefield maintenance, on the rare occasions something on the rugged little vehicle broke.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
The bachelor party gets underway on the paintball battlefield, where the members of Jack’s platoon discuss whether to wear suits or their dress blues at the wedding.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The president also said that Russian forces are making progress on the battlefield and that Ukrainian troops would be ejected from positions in Russia's western Kursk region, though did not offer an estimate of how long that would take.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefield. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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battlefield
noun
bat·tle·field
-ˌfēld
: a place where a battle is fought or was once fought
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