killing field

noun

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: a scene of mass killing (as from a battle or massacre)

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In May, local investigators led me to one of the killing fields, and into a world of macabre rituals. — Philip Holsinger, Time, 10 June 2025 But these things will only underscore that 1950s auto racing was a brutal killing field. — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023 Each slab operates like a sedimentary layer of personal grief, a vestige of vast killing fields. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 Israel has consistently dehumanized my people and turned Gaza into a killing field with the help of its powerful friends. — Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for killing field

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1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of killing field was in 1980

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