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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And if culture is the battlefield, Abdul Muhammad II is determined to win—not with force, but with wisdom.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 May 2025
By World War II, biomedical advances like surgical techniques and antibiotics had proved vital on the battlefield.
—Christine Coughlin, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
For years, big tech companies were reluctant to allow their AI technologies to be used by the military, fueled by concerns from outside critics and their own employees that AI could be used to make fatal decisions on the battlefield.
—David Jeans, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Though its advances on the battlefield have slowed to a crawl amid staggering casualties, Russia is still seen as having momentum in the war and would lose leverage if fighting halted for any significant period.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 May 2025
By World War II, biomedical advances like surgical techniques and antibiotics had proved vital on the battlefield.
—Christine Coughlin, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
For years, big tech companies were reluctant to allow their AI technologies to be used by the military, fueled by concerns from outside critics and their own employees that AI could be used to make fatal decisions on the battlefield.
—David Jeans, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Though its advances on the battlefield have slowed to a crawl amid staggering casualties, Russia is still seen as having momentum in the war and would lose leverage if fighting halted for any significant period.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefield. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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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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