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

The results mark a rare victory on one of the Biden administration's toughest political battlefronts, as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares for next week’s Democratic National Convention. —Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024

Allied hopes of a major spring offensive this year against Russian troops occupying one-fifth of Ukrainian territory foundered, largely because of dense Russian minefields along the nearly 600-mile battlefront. —Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024

Unpacking the data on immigration and the economy As the U.S. election cycle ramps up, immigration remains a key battlefront for state and national races. —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024

The attack on the UAW leadership, which has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection, highlights a key battlefront in the race and showcases differences even within organized labor, as Sean O’Brien, general president of the Teamsters, was welcomed to the RNC earlier in the week. —Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1