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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In the past few years, Russia, at an enormous cost to its own forces, made steady advances on the battlefield (most estimates suggest more than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the start of the conflict).
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Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
International humanitarian law mandates the principles of distinction, proportionality, and necessity, but the opaqueness of drone operations, particularly outside active battlefields, challenges these principles.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
North Korea's supply of missiles and artillery to Russia, in support of the war against Ukraine, has given it valuable battlefield data on its weapons, South Korean officials and experts have said.
—Jack Kim, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Henceforth, designers began to realize the importance of having a tank that could combine the abilities of different classes and perform multiple battlefield roles.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
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Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
International humanitarian law mandates the principles of distinction, proportionality, and necessity, but the opaqueness of drone operations, particularly outside active battlefields, challenges these principles.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
North Korea's supply of missiles and artillery to Russia, in support of the war against Ukraine, has given it valuable battlefield data on its weapons, South Korean officials and experts have said.
—Jack Kim, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Henceforth, designers began to realize the importance of having a tank that could combine the abilities of different classes and perform multiple battlefield roles.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 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 13 May. 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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