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
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In December, Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman office announced that 177 Ukrainian prisoners of war had been executed on the battlefield since the beginning of the war; of those, 109 were killed in 2024 alone.
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Kim Barker, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
For the past three years, Russian and Ukrainian scientists have been engaged in a technological struggle to provide their warfighters with an advantage on the battlefield.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Ukraine has accused the Kremlin of using negotiations to delay while reinforcing its position on the battlefield, particularly in the Sumy, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The New York Times news analysis: Putin keeps pushing, with Trump and on the battlefield.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
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Kim Barker, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
For the past three years, Russian and Ukrainian scientists have been engaged in a technological struggle to provide their warfighters with an advantage on the battlefield.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Ukraine has accused the Kremlin of using negotiations to delay while reinforcing its position on the battlefield, particularly in the Sumy, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The New York Times news analysis: Putin keeps pushing, with Trump and on the battlefield.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for battlefield
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefield. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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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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