as in field
a place where a battle takes place wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield

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Recent Examples of battlefield There are extensive drawbacks to using nuclear weapons, including their very destructiveness—which could undermine larger objectives or complicate battlefield operations—and the international backlash that would follow. Paul Avey, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025 Tanks and other resources can be seen in satellite imagery, and the motor pools full of old ones empty out as they get shipped to the battlefield and obliterated. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025 Experts say Ukraine and its European partners now produce most of the weaponry destined for the battlefield. David Brennan, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025 Many who escaped the battlefield were hunted down and executed. Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for battlefield
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Noun
  • Her field of expertise is the application of a gender perspective to the arts.
    The Glamour editors, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Leaders in any field face moments when external pressures threaten their core values.
    Rebekah Bastian, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Obama then summoned his Carnac the Magnificent-like powers to predict that unless Biden got his act together soon, Trump would sweep all seven battleground states.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Their conflicting votes highlight the difficult balancing act for Democrats in battleground states, where political calculations often involve not just party loyalty, but also the concerns of a divided electorate.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At one point, while being choked from behind, the 102-pound, 5-foot-tall 18-year-old managed to fully flip one of her attackers over, with the suspect landing on the concrete ground.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Will their leaps of faith land on firm ground, or will the unknown remain frustratingly out of reach?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefield. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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