battlefields

noun

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plural of battlefield
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a place where a battle takes place wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield

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Recent Examples of battlefields Objects of war Military conflicts tend to leave their mark on the landscape, dotting battlefields with weapons, armor and other traces of bloodshed. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 More than 3,000 people worked in the office towers, ensuring smooth trips for the 4,000 passengers coming through every day, including troops returning from the battlefields of Europe and Asia. — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024 With fighting largely confined to battlefields, where both Russian and Ukrainian forces are dug in, the issues that animate the debate in Gaza have not been in the foreground. — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024

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