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

The public education landscape is a bit of a minefield these days. — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Schools navigate an administrative and legal minefield when handling Title IX complaints, experts say, because the statute sits at a precarious intersection where federal nondiscrimination mandates converge with state criminal and civil laws. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

The road through no man’s land was fenced on either side and cut through a lush green minefield with yellow flowers. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

And though modern mines can be made to automatically neutralize themselves after a preset time, some minefields remain deadly hazards almost a century after they were laid. — New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026

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