killing field

noun

: a scene of mass killing (as from a battle or massacre)

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But these things will only underscore that 1950s auto racing was a brutal killing field. Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023 The province had been one enormous killing field, and there was nothing neat and tidy about the aftermath of a B-52 strike. George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022 Ten years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field. Cnn Staff, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022 The fighting in Bucha intensified, and with Russian troops turning the city into a killing field, the family tried to flee by car on March 5. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for killing field 

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of killing field was in 1980

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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killing%20field. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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