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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Dynamic shifts on the battlefield — with large swaths of Ukrainian land changing hands in offensives and counteroffensives in the early years of the war — have since given way to a conflict of inches.
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The Kim Sisters—actually two sisters and a cousin, who performed under Americanized names—were similarly shaped on a battlefield that receded only through song.
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David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Feb. 2026
Until now, Anthropic’s Claude has been the only AI model cleared for use in classified systems tied to intelligence analysis, advanced weapons development, and battlefield operations.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
Dynamic shifts on the battlefield — with large swaths of Ukrainian land changing hands in offensives and counteroffensives in the early years of the war — have since given way to a conflict of inches.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
The Kim Sisters—actually two sisters and a cousin, who performed under Americanized names—were similarly shaped on a battlefield that receded only through song.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefield. Accessed 3 Mar. 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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