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
Recent Examples on the Web
The new drones are anticipated to offer Ukraine a significant advantage on the battlefield in countering Russian forces.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2024
That means Russia’s battlefield success may not be enough to please Putin.
—Mikhail Zygar, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2024
But, as with every war, the terms of a possible peace were defined by events on the battlefield.
—Simon Shuster/bürgenstock, TIME, 25 June 2024
Russia increasingly looks toward artificial intelligence (AI) to address deficiencies in its battlefield capabilities and capacities that the invasion of Ukraine has exposed, according to experts.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 21 June 2024
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2024
That means Russia’s battlefield success may not be enough to please Putin.
—Mikhail Zygar, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2024
But, as with every war, the terms of a possible peace were defined by events on the battlefield.
—Simon Shuster/bürgenstock, TIME, 25 June 2024
Russia increasingly looks toward artificial intelligence (AI) to address deficiencies in its battlefield capabilities and capacities that the invasion of Ukraine has exposed, according to experts.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 21 June 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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