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
Recent Examples on the Web
Ukrainian officials have been sounding the alarm for weeks that without urgent supplies of new military support, Ukraine will be unable to hold off Russian forces that are advancing on the battlefield and assaulting it from the air.
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Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
In his meetings with Chinese leaders, Mr. Scholz was also expected to raise concerns about Beijing’s support of Moscow’s wartime economy, especially its continued sale to Russia of goods with potential uses on the battlefield.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
But as Moscow’s position on the battlefield continued to deteriorate, its positions at the negotiating table became less demanding.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024
Russia and Ukraine may have struggled to shift things significantly on the battlefield for more than 16 months, but a new phase of the war is moving the needle in a way that’s having wider repercussions.
—Daryna Krasnolutska, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
The mood has darkened in recent weeks, as Russia seeks to build on recent battlefield gains, testing for weak spots along the frontlines and pummeling Ukraine’s cities with airstrikes.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The war was won on the battlefield (and by the French navy) and Franklin’s diplomacy moved all the pieces and the peace into place.
—Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Disturbingly, members of Hamas and sympathetic clerics kept citing an Islamic war-fighting doctrine from Surat Al Anfal in the Quran, Ayah 15 and 16, that prohibits turning one’s back to the enemy when facing them on the battlefield.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
The electronic battlefield has now become a massive game of cat and mouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
In his meetings with Chinese leaders, Mr. Scholz was also expected to raise concerns about Beijing’s support of Moscow’s wartime economy, especially its continued sale to Russia of goods with potential uses on the battlefield.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
But as Moscow’s position on the battlefield continued to deteriorate, its positions at the negotiating table became less demanding.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024
Russia and Ukraine may have struggled to shift things significantly on the battlefield for more than 16 months, but a new phase of the war is moving the needle in a way that’s having wider repercussions.
—Daryna Krasnolutska, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
The mood has darkened in recent weeks, as Russia seeks to build on recent battlefield gains, testing for weak spots along the frontlines and pummeling Ukraine’s cities with airstrikes.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The war was won on the battlefield (and by the French navy) and Franklin’s diplomacy moved all the pieces and the peace into place.
—Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Disturbingly, members of Hamas and sympathetic clerics kept citing an Islamic war-fighting doctrine from Surat Al Anfal in the Quran, Ayah 15 and 16, that prohibits turning one’s back to the enemy when facing them on the battlefield.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
The electronic battlefield has now become a massive game of cat and mouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 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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