minefield

noun

mine·​field ˈmīn-ˌfēld 

1

: an area (as of water or land) set with mines

2

: something resembling a minefield especially in having many dangers or requiring extreme caution

a political minefield

Examples of minefield in a Sentence

This issue is a political minefield.

Recent Examples on the Web

When Maya’s husband Arief dies, Tash returns home to face not only her domineering mother but her commanding grandmother Dewi and half-sister Inez, a 16-year-old navigating the same emotional minefield Tash fled. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025

Working alongside the Littoral Combat Ship, Knifesfish keeps human crews out of dangerous minefields while improving mission effectiveness. —Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025

And yet the Play-In is the basketball equivalent of riding your bicycle through a minefield — extra games, extra travel, extra stress. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025

Injuries, illness, bad breaks and bounces can jam up a season, but the best teams often navigate their way through the minefields. —Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for minefield

• battlefield
• unconcealed
• unrepealed
• unrevealed
• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed