Thesaurus results for BATTLEFIELD

battlefield

noun

ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfēld

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a place where a battle takes place wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield

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Recent Examples of battlefield Lawmakers and independent experts who spoke to NBC News raised alarm over the military’s use of such tools, calling for clear safeguards to ensure humans remain involved in life-or-death decisions on the battlefield. —

Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026 Just a few years ago, social media still brought an aura of authenticity to battlefield dispatches. —

Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026 Putin began the year projecting confidence about his campaign to subjugate Ukraine, despite incremental progress on the battlefield. —

Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026 What lingers by the film’s end is the sense of time passing and lives irrevocably altered, a necessary reminder that the consequences of war extend far beyond the battlefield. —

Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for battlefield

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The top two teams from the Americas beyond the United States (which is guaranteed a spot as the host country) qualified into the six-team field through the World Baseball Classic.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
Despite the par-5s making up just 12 of the 54 holes Åberg has played this week, more than 50 percent of his strokes gained against the field have come there.

— Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026