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

At stake is a policy that advocates hope will serve as a citywide blueprint for creating and preserving more affordable housing and more renter power, the latest battlefront in a decades-long fight over the future of residential development in the area. —Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025

What’s up Space becomes the new battlefront — Hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite and beamed down footage from Russia’s Victory Day parade to Ukrainian televisions — as modern warfare moves to space. —Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025

California is a crucial battlefront in a coast-to-coast political civil war over congressional redistricting, a war that Republicans nationally appear better positioned to win. —David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025

This week, a small number of Russian troops slipped through Ukraine's defensive lines on the main battlefront near the town of Pokrovsk, NPR's Greg Myre tells Up First. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Aug. 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