battlefieldnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbæt.əl.fiːld/us/ˈbæt̬.əl.fiːld/battlefield noun [ C ] (PLACE)
a place where a battle is being fought or has been fought in the past:
They carried the wounded from the battlefield.
a Civil War battlefield
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Places involved in military activity
- base
- Bastille
- battleground
- beachhead
- billet
- boot camp
- camp
- fort
- garrison
- GHQ
- guard post
- guardhouse
- line
- parade ground
- PX
- redoubt
- sentry box
- staging area
- theatre
- unmanned
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battlefield noun [ C ] (SUBJECT)
a subject on which people strongly disagree:
The issue has become a political battlefield in recent years.
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Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- lock
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- slug
- spar
- split
- wrangle
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