: a scene of mass killing (as from a battle or massacre)
Examples of killing field in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBut these things will only underscore that 1950s auto racing was a brutal killing field.—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023 The province had been one enormous killing field, and there was nothing neat and tidy about the aftermath of a B-52 strike.—George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022 Ten years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field.—Cnn Staff, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022 The fighting in Bucha intensified, and with Russian troops turning the city into a killing field, the family tried to flee by car on March 5.—Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for killing field
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