as in field
a place where a battle takes place
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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Recent Examples of battlefield
Their job was to transmit secure battlefield communications that the enemy could not decipher.
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Tim Trudell, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Its fighters share close ideological ties and battlefield experience with Afghanistan's Taliban.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Although previous surveys of the same section of battlefield failed to yield any artifacts, experts recovered the various ammunition using two strategies called trial trenching and test pitting.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Tactical nuclear weapons are designed for use on the battlefield.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Tim Trudell, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Its fighters share close ideological ties and battlefield experience with Afghanistan's Taliban.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Although previous surveys of the same section of battlefield failed to yield any artifacts, experts recovered the various ammunition using two strategies called trial trenching and test pitting.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Tactical nuclear weapons are designed for use on the battlefield.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefield
Noun
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Fears shot 0 of 7 from the field, scoring four points on six free-throw attempts, but tallied nine assists.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Nebraska tied the game with an extra point after Missouri students rushed the field, celebrating an apparent victory.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement Among those affected are two Latino-majority battleground districts, the 13th and 22nd, which could be competitive even with the gerrymandered maps, the Sacramento Bee reported.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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His muted involvement in the race marks a sharp contrast with the White House’s aggressive push earlier this year to promote its signature tax and spending bill across key battleground states.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Nov. 2025
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Cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Through the integration with Tactical Assault Kit software, the team remotely controlled multiple unmanned ground and surface units across a large, 50-square-mile operational area.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefield. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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