as in fields
a place where a battle takes place
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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Recent Examples of battlefields
The Typhon is essentially a large tractor-trailer and lacks the mobility needed for the battlefields of Ukraine.
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
And as the superpowers moved on from Cold War battlefields, the ideological paradigms that had once made Central American revolutions feel globally significant faded with them.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
From golf carts to battlefields Built in China, the Dessertcross 1000-3 was never intended for war.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
During the second half of the nineteenth century, politics and military service often made a large nation feel like a small world, as white men in power repeatedly crossed paths in Washington, DC, on Civil War battlefields, and at frontier forts.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The Civil War unfolded in battlefields, but also wrought the Draft Riots in New York City, during which dozens of Black residents were murdered, property was destroyed, and the city terrified.
—Annie Polland, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Getty Images Humanity is locked in an accelerating arms race, fueled by technology, with battlefields emerging in every corner of our lives.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Drones are currently being updated every few weeks on the battlefields of Ukraine.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Chris Boccia, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
And as the superpowers moved on from Cold War battlefields, the ideological paradigms that had once made Central American revolutions feel globally significant faded with them.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
From golf carts to battlefields Built in China, the Dessertcross 1000-3 was never intended for war.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
During the second half of the nineteenth century, politics and military service often made a large nation feel like a small world, as white men in power repeatedly crossed paths in Washington, DC, on Civil War battlefields, and at frontier forts.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The Civil War unfolded in battlefields, but also wrought the Draft Riots in New York City, during which dozens of Black residents were murdered, property was destroyed, and the city terrified.
—Annie Polland, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Getty Images Humanity is locked in an accelerating arms race, fueled by technology, with battlefields emerging in every corner of our lives.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Drones are currently being updated every few weeks on the battlefields of Ukraine.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefields
Noun
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It is also made up of a tiny, microscopic particle suspended at a low pressure using electrical fields.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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He's made his name on fields across the country, and thanks to his family — wife Moriah Dorsett, their daughter Payton, 3, and 6-month-old son Micah — he's also been able to make each new city a home.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This includes famous battlegrounds, presidential homes and others that have been established to elevate narratives about those sidelined in traditional texts.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The stands at sporting events sometimes feel like battlegrounds.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Police said the case is pending and may be grounds for additional charges and university disciplinary action.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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So, the King wanting them out of palace grounds makes sense, as that could solve two problems.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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