battlefront

noun

bat·​tle·​front ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt How to pronounce battlefront (audio)
Synonyms of battlefrontnext
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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
But despite the efforts of Republicans to turn DEI into a battlefront for the culture wars, DEI practices are nothing new. — Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 18 Feb. 2025 Maybe most significantly, as civil war engulfed Syria, the Assad regime withdrew its forces from Kurdish-majority areas in the north to focus on the war’s primary battlefronts, which resulted in de facto autonomy. — Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made By History, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025 Kyiv has repeatedly warned that freezing the battlefront would allow Moscow to fortify its positions, entrench in occupied territory and rearm to come back for more. — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025 In Ukraine, as in Korea seven decades ago, a static battlefront and intractable political differences call for a cease-fire that would pause the violence while putting off thorny political issues for another day. — Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for battlefront

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of battlefront was in 1813

Rhymes for battlefront

See All Rhymes for battlefront

Browse Nearby Words

battlefront
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefront. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

Copy Citation

Share

More from Merriam-Webster on battlefront

Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for battlefront

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Words You Always Have to Look Up
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

13 Unusually Long English Words

9 Superb Owl Words

More Words with Remarkable Origins

Terroir, Oenophile, & Magnum: Ten Words About Wine

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments
See More

Popular Features

See More

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

13 Unusually Long English Words

9 Superb Owl Words
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
number-twelve-balloon
12-Letter Words Quiz A dozen words, a dozen letters each.
See All