battlefield

noun

bat·​tle·​field ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfēld How to pronounce battlefield (audio)
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1
: a place where a battle is fought
2
: an area of conflict

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Hundreds of dead soldiers lay on the battlefield. wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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My childhood school in Denmark hadn’t been turned to rubble but into an emotional battlefield, a psychological groundhog’s day of explosive arguments, violent brawls—and brief, fragile truces that always shattered when the home bell rung. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 Ukraine uses Starlink for battlefield communications and drone operations. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 But as with Starlink, enemy countermeasures could also disrupt signals from these communications satellite services on modern battlefields. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 Lockheed Martin designed the technology to support PAC-3 operations as battlefield conditions and threat directions change. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for battlefield

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First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of battlefield was in 1813

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battlefield

noun
bat·​tle·​field -ˌfēld How to pronounce battlefield (audio)
: a place where a battle is fought or was once fought
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