theater of war

noun phrase

: the entire land, sea, and air area that is or may become involved directly in war operations compare theater of operations

Examples of theater of war in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Despite mounting attacks from multiple fronts, Israel has not yet formulated a comprehensive strategy to deal with this broader complex of challenges across the full theater of war. Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2024 The threat posed by Ukrainian drones to Russian bridges has significant implications for the broader theater of war. Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 Roosevelt was en route to Hawaii to join military brass debating strategies for the Pacific theater of war. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024 Only then will Western policymakers be able to achieve the real criteria for a victory: ensuring that Putin’s war of aggression does not pay off for Russia and that Europe does not continue to be a theater of war. Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023 Covert strikes by Ukraine in Sudan would mark a dramatic and provocative expansion of Kyiv’s theater of war against Moscow. Victoria Butenko, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023 Doctors brought X-ray machines to a theater of war for the first time in Greece. Richard Byrne, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2023 In Season 2, the action shifts to the North African theater of war and one of the protagonists is Lieutenant Rajib Pal of the British Indian Army, played by Mir. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2023 The email was from Patrick Lucas, an American living in Beijing who shared stories of veterans who fought in the China-Burma-India theater of war on his Remembering Shared Honor website, rshonor.net. John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of theater of war was in 1703

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“Theater of war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theater%20of%20war. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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