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
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New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
Their soldiers bled and died on the same battlefields as Americans.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
Greenland is not a battlefield problem.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Whether further information emerges to clarify what Venezuelan forces actually encountered, or whether the story fades into the long history of battlefield mythmaking, remains to be seen.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for battlefield
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefield. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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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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