theater of war

noun phrase

: the entire land, sea, and air area that is or may become involved directly in war operations compare theater of operations

Examples of theater of war in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My view has always been that NATO should have entered Ukraine as a deterrent force 12 months ago, the minute NORTH KOREA decided to enter the theater of war. —Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025

The issue is getting more complicated due to rapid advancements in drone technology driven by the theater of war in Ukraine. —James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025

Despite mounting attacks from multiple fronts, Israel has not yet formulated a comprehensive strategy to deal with this broader complex of challenges across the full theater of war. —Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2024

The threat posed by Ukrainian drones to Russian bridges has significant implications for the broader theater of war. —Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

Roosevelt was en route to Hawaii to join military brass debating strategies for the Pacific theater of war. —Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024

Only then will Western policymakers be able to achieve the real criteria for a victory: ensuring that Putin’s war of aggression does not pay off for Russia and that Europe does not continue to be a theater of war. —Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023

Covert strikes by Ukraine in Sudan would mark a dramatic and provocative expansion of Kyiv’s theater of war against Moscow. —Victoria Butenko, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023

Doctors brought X-ray machines to a theater of war for the first time in Greece. —Richard Byrne, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for theater of war

• conquistador
• forevermore
• hereinbefore
• kinetochore
• kwashiorkor
• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor