battlefield

[ bat-l-feeld ]

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noun

the field or ground on which a battle is fought.
an area of contention, conflict, or hostile opposition: During that era the classroom became a battlefield of incompatible ideologies.

Origin of battlefield

First recorded in 1805–15; battle¹ + field

Also called bat·tle·ground [bat-l-ground]. /ˈbæt lˌgraʊnd/.

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How to use battlefield in a sentence

I just spent three days in the Senate battleground state of North Carolina.
In North Carolina, GOP Overreach May Be More Unpopular Than Obama | Dean Obeidallah | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ohio is the essential Midwest battleground for any presidential campaign.
The Secret GOP Swing State Election Romp | John Avlon | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Older voters will be the first and perhaps decisive battleground for 2016.
How Old People Will Decide Your Future | Stuart Stevens | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
At the time, Madonna was staging her first real comeback and she chose videos as her battleground.
David Fincher’s Backseat Feminism | Teo Bugbee | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Rep. Joni Ernst—The GOP Senate nominee in the battleground state of Iowa has the potential to serve up a prime cut of crazy.
How Long Can the Republicans Hide The Crazy? | Dean Obeidallah | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

But he must wait until they had gone a safe distance from the battleground.
The Girl and The Bill | Bannister Merwin
The storehouse was large enough to make a good battleground, but, unfortunately for the mice, contained only one entrance.
Wild Folk | Samuel Scoville
But they do say that sometimes we may look upon the shadowy outline of the ancient Hollanders who made this their battleground.
Out of the Hurly-Burly | Charles Heber Clark
Often a battleground, Chteau-Thierry was captured by the English in 1421.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918 | Various
Between the limits thus marked out, there lies, so to speak, the battleground of modern zoology.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay

British Dictionary definitions for battlefield

battlefield

battleground (ˈbætəlˌɡraʊnd)

/ (ˈbætəlˌfiːld) /

noun

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

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