battlefield
pronunciation
How to pronounce battlefield in British English:
UK [ˈbætlfiːld]
How to pronounce battlefield in American English:
US [ˈbætlfiːld]
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- Noun:
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
Word Origin
- battlefield (n.)
- 1812, from battle (n.) + field (n.). The usual word for it in Old English was wælstow, literally "slaughter-place."
Example
- 1. Most insurgents appear to be local to the battlefield .
- 2. Some have called for american battlefield nuclear weapons to be stationed there , alarming china .
- 3. I spent years defending israel on the battlefield .
- 4. A decade ago it was a battlefield .
- 5. Battlefield robots would be required to violate the first law .