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[ bat-l-feeld ] / ˈbæt lˌfild / SEE SYNONYMS FOR battlefield ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe field or ground on which a battle is fought. an area of contention, conflict, or hostile opposition: During that era the classroom became a battlefield of incompatible ideologies. Also called bat·tle·ground [bat-l-ground]. /ˈbæt lˌgraʊnd/. Origin of battlefieldFirst recorded in 1805–15; battle1 + field Words nearby battlefieldbattle cry, battledore, battledore placenta, battle dress, battle fatigue, battlefield, battlefront, battle group, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, battle jacket, battle lantern Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for battlefieldSo however detailed the statistics of the battlefield are, they cannot achieve the goal. Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST The “tactical” side of artillery—its use on a battlefield—was something Jackson was not called upon to explain. Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST For 50 years, this city that once graced postcards has been a battlefield. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Despite its recent gains on the battlefield, the fight against rebel brigades has taken a significant toll on the government army. Local Truces Are Syria’s Sad Little Pieces of Peace|Joshua Hersh|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By one account, it aided U.S. troops in capturing or killing at least ten of those senior leaders from the battlefield. How the NSA Became a Killing Machine|Shane Harris|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST In a tribal war the less honest, the more crafty, tribe generally remains in possession of the battlefield. The Confession of a Fool|August Strindberg An enemy wounded on the battlefield may be killed at once or may be taken prisoner. The Mafulu|Robert W. Williamson An exciting moment in the fighting for the summit ridge of the battlefield in August, 1916. The Western Front|Muirhead Bone These continued to serve one gun, kept up a sound rate of fire, and came unhurt from the battlefield. Tommy Atkins at War|James Alexander Kilpatrick It was this last which was to prove in the event the battlefield. Malplaquet|Hilaire Belloc
British Dictionary definitions for battlefieldbattlefieldbattleground (ˈbætəlˌɡraʊnd)
nounthe place where a battle is fought; an area of conflict Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to battlefieldarena, battleground, front line, front, field, salient, combat zone, theater of operations, theater of war |