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单词 battlefront
释义

battlefront

noun

bat·​tle·​front ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt How to pronounce battlefront (audio)
1
: the military sector in which actual combat takes place
2
: a place or context within which a struggle is fought
… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement. Vincent Harding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Lviv in western Ukraine is far from the battlefront. al, 23 June 2022 Talent is already, and will continue to be, an important battlefront during this period of exodus. David Benjamin And David Komlos, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 On the battlefront, Russian and Ukrainian militaries are seeking to replenish their depleted stocks of unmanned aerial vehicles to pinpoint enemy positions and guide artillery strikes. Maria Grazia Murru And Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022 What scant footage did come in from the battlefront was shot by soldiers and was vetted. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 While the front lines have been fluid in some areas, with some villages changing hands repeatedly, clashes along a 300-mile battlefront have been punctuated by some decisive losses and gains. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022 While the front lines have been fluid in some areas, with some villages changing hands repeatedly, clashes along a 300-mile battlefront have been punctuated by some decisive losses and gains. Laura King And Tracy Wilkinson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022 In 1972, after moving to Time, Mr. Halstead was back in Vietnam and drove to a battlefront near An Loc, in what was then South Vietnam, with reporter Leon Daniel and photographer David Hume Kennerly, both of UPI. Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022 On the battlefront, Ukrainian troops on Friday hoisted the country’s flag above the town of Ruska Lozova, north of Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

battlefront

noun

as in stronghold

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stronghold
  • fortress
  • beachhead
  • bastion
  • field
  • airbase
  • center
  • front
  • camp
  • fastness
  • headquarters
  • emplacement
  • station
  • foothold
  • bridgehead
  • installation
  • footing
  • toehold
  • base
  • staging area
  • staging ground
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