killing field

noun

Synonyms of killing fieldnext
: a scene of mass killing (as from a battle or massacre)

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In Iran, the killing fields extended across the country where, since Dec. 28, hundreds of thousands of citizens had assembled in the streets chanting first, for relief from an economy in freefall, and soon for the downfall of the Islamic regime. Kay Armin Serjoie, Time, 25 Jan. 2026 Each slab operates like a sedimentary layer of personal grief, a vestige of vast killing fields. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 Private pleas for Biden to show some heart were simply an inadequate response to the killing fields of Gaza, which anyone with eyes could recognize as a genocide. Book Marks october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025 But the passage of time had transformed the putative killing field: The once-barren hills were now covered by a towering forest of Douglas firs, planted after the war. Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for killing field

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First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of killing field was in 1980

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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killing%20field. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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