battlefield
noun
bat·tle·field
ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfēld 
1
: a place where a battle is fought
2
: an area of conflict
Examples of battlefield in a Sentence
Hundreds of dead soldiers lay on the battlefield.
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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That has helped Moscow gain the upper hand on the battlefield by sheer force of numbers, capturing towns and cities such as Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka in the east.
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Constant Méheut, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Wired has a must-read piece on laser weapons, which, after many decades of science fiction deployment, are now becoming a reality on the battlefield.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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Constant Méheut, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Wired has a must-read piece on laser weapons, which, after many decades of science fiction deployment, are now becoming a reality on the battlefield.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 15 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for battlefield
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefield. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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battlefield
noun
bat·tle·field
-ˌfēld
: a place where a battle is fought or was once fought
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