battlefront

noun

bat·​tle·​front ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt How to pronounce battlefront (audio)
1
: the military sector in which actual combat takes place
2
: a place or context within which a struggle is fought
… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement.Vincent Harding

Examples of battlefront in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Apple’s legal challenge against the commission’s $1.95 billion fine opens yet another battlefront with EU regulators. Richard Smirke, Billboard, 22 May 2024 In other words, in the war to keep the most destructive firearms out of the hands of evil-doers, yet another battlefront has opened up. Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024 Ukraine’s defense ministry said reserve units had been deployed to counter the Russian ground attack, a move that could also complicate efforts to bolster Ukrainian defense elsewhere along the battlefront. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024 Another said combat support personnel were deployed to the battlefront without any training. Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024 The move is Florida legislators’ latest battlefront in an all out culture war that is seen as a bellwether for the rest of the country. Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024 Multiple interviews indicated that the main aim in treating the wounded was to redeploy them to the battlefront quickly. Milana Mazaeva, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024 The deluge of rules and the potential for more have opened a new battlefront for companies developing and using artificial intelligence. Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024 And along stretches of the battlefront, fighting is somewhat stalemated. Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of battlefront was in 1813

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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefront. Accessed 30 May. 2024.

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