battlefront

noun

bat·​tle·​front ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt 

1

: the military sector in which actual combat takes place

2

: a place or context within which a struggle is fought

… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement.

—Vincent Harding

Examples of battlefront in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With McKenna stepping aside, the contest was wide open and could have become another battlefront between pro-teachers union and pro-charter forces. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024

But another important battlefront in the war on woke has opened up against diversity or DEI training and similar initiatives in the workplace and educational institutions. —Thomas F. Powers, National Review, 1 Dec. 2024

In an era where artificial intelligence can clone anyone's face and voice with frightening accuracy, a new battlefront has emerged in the fight for digital identity protection. —Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

Locating and striking Russian drone teams is likely to be a priority for Ukrainian forces, but this is just one battlefront among many. —David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1