battlefront

noun

bat·​tle·​front ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt 

1

: the military sector in which actual combat takes place

2

: a place or context within which a struggle is fought

… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement.

—Vincent Harding

Examples of battlefront in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the Examiner, Princess Anne is on Prince William and Queen Camilla’s side on the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle battlefront and is trying to block the Sussexes’ possible return. —Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 4 Jan. 2026

And Disney, being Disney, found a way to have a seat at the table without opening another legal battlefront. —Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025

Thai evacuees stuck in shelters and anxious about what comes next Away from the battlefronts, anxious evacuees are the most visible sign of the crisis. —CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

During the First World War, from 1914 to 1918, the Western European countryside battlefronts were repeatedly bombed and fought over, but bright red Flanders poppies continued to grow. —Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for battlefront

• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront
• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• blunt
• brunt