battlefield

[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.
Also called battleground
[bat-l-ground] /ˈbæt lˌgraʊnd/ (Show IPA).
Origin
1805-15; battle1 + field
Examples from the web for battlefield
  • Some had served in the military and finagled paperwork that bumped them up several ranks and turned them into battlefield legends.
  • One country's military has already come close to employing this tactic on the battlefield: our own.
  • As military technology becomes more and more advanced, there is less room for valor on the battlefield.
  • The body becomes the locus of never-ending fights, a carnal battlefield.
  • Afterwards it was found that all the houses in the vicinity of the battlefield were turned into hospitals for the wounded.
  • Which whoso beheld, with eagerness swelled to rush to the battlefield there and then.
  • Other markers and memorials were added to the battlefield through the decades.
  • Ride a bike along the battlefield roads or golf at one of the area golf courses.
  • Infinitely more battlefield details get recorded, and everyone has the tools to broadcast these details.
  • No president has ever relied so extensively on the stealthy, secret killing of individuals on the battlefield.
British Dictionary definitions for battlefield

battlefield

/ˈbætəlˌfiːld/
noun
1.
the place where a battle is fought; an area of conflict
Word Origin and History for battlefield
n.

1812, from battle (n.) + field (n.). The usual word for it in Old English was wælstow, literally "slaughter-place."