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battlefield Definition

battle·field (bat′'l fēld′)

noun

  1. the site of a battle
  2. any area of conflict

battlefield Synonyms

battlefield

n.

battleground, field of battle, field of war, the front, front line, battlefront, place of slaughter, scene of carnage, theater of war, area between the lines, area of confrontation, area of conflict, scene of battle, theater of operations, arena, killing field, combat zone, disputed territory, salient, no man's land*.

battlefield Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • digitize: It is used by the ATF in planning and controlling its forces on the digitized battlefield.
  • flee: The rebel forces were defeated in the ensuing battle and the mighty Warwick himself slain fleeing the battlefield.
  • dominate: The candy of the week: a list of the weapons you'll have to master to dominate the battlefield!
  • overlook: The decisive action took place on this hill, which overlooks the battlefield.
  • preserve: Where are Europe's equivalents of Gettysburg, a battlefield preserved as a national monument?
  • surround: The isolated church is rumored to stand on a mass grave of nine thousand men who fought and died on the surrounding battlefield.

Adjective modifier

  • ww1: We had a trip out to see the WW1 battlefield at Verdun.
  • nonlinear: Whether the force is fighting in a linear or a nonlinear battlefield, the factors of METTT will determine location of the FARP.
  • bloody: Then " First Aid " which explores the experiences of a virgin first-aider on a bloody battlefield.
  • historic: Where memory meets identity, we enter the field of heritage, where the category of ` historic battlefield ' finds its home.
  • digital: The IDM is the KW's link to the digital battlefield.
  • modern: This analysis is a function of position on the modern battlefield.

Modifies a noun

  • interdiction: There are two types of interdiction missions performed by tactical air forces: air interdiction and battlefield air interdiction.
  • visualization: Information dominance facilitates superiority in battlefield visualization at a specific time and place, creating a window of opportunity that is fleeting at best.
  • munitions: Quite clearly battlefield munitions had the capacity to cause enormous suffering.
  • archeology: The first university course specializing in battlefield archeology begins in 2006.
  • cemetery: The only other group of bodies to be found buried together was a battlefield cemetery at Repton, Derbyshire.
  • commander: Join a squad or select the new Commander Mode to assume the strategic role of a battlefield commander directing his forces.

Noun used with modifier

  • I: Cross the Channel to France then past World War I battlefields to Paris.
  • war: It looked rather like a first world war battlefield.
battlefield Quotes

Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort oftheliving room.Vietnamwaslost inthe living rooms of America, not on the battlefields of Vietnam.

—McLuhan, (Herbert) Marshall

Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.

—Mitchell, Margaret

High upon the gallows tree Swung the noble-hearted three By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom; But they met him face to face With the courage of their race, And they went with souls undaunted to their doom. 'God save Ireland!'said the heroes; 'God save Ireland', say they all: Whether on the scaffold high Or the battlefield we die, Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall.

—Sullivan,Timothy Daniel

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

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