battlefield

American  

[bat-l-feeld] / ˈbæt lˌfild /

noun

1. the field or ground on which a battle is fought.

2. an area of contention, conflict, or hostile opposition.

   During that era the classroom became a battlefield of incompatible ideologies.

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battlefield British  

/ ˈbætəlˌɡraʊnd, ˈbætəlˌfiːld /

noun

1. the place where a battle is fought; an area of conflict

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Etymology

Origin of battlefield

First recorded in 1805–15; battle ¹ + field

Example Sentences

Altman waded into the standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon over the use of AI on the battlefield, telling his staff that the company was working on a deal that might help solve the impasse.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company’s Claude model and AI tools are on the front line of U.S. innovation, and nothing is more important for U.S. troops than having the battlefield edge in technology.

From The Wall Street Journal

A growing number of African countries have in recent months begun to discover that their citizens have been duped into fighting for the Russian army, and either killed or captured on the battlefield.

From Barron's

Drones, which are cheap, small and easy to use, will undoubtedly alter the nature of this conflict like they have changed battlefields around the world.

From BBC

Family members wandered battlefields searching for the remains of fathers, sons, and brothers.

From Literature

Related Words

• arena
• battleground
• front line