battlefields

plural of battlefield
as in fields
a place where a battle takes place wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield

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Recent Examples of battlefields Objects of war Military conflicts tend to leave their mark on the landscape, dotting battlefields with weapons, armor and other traces of bloodshed. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 More than 3,000 people worked in the office towers, ensuring smooth trips for the 4,000 passengers coming through every day, including troops returning from the battlefields of Europe and Asia. Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024 With fighting largely confined to battlefields, where both Russian and Ukrainian forces are dug in, the issues that animate the debate in Gaza have not been in the foreground. Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024 From the World Wars to the present, Russia has a long history of relying on artillery and tanks to dominate battlefields. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024 But much of the large, open spaces of land ripe for this kind of development hold historical significance, such as battlefields. Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024 Totally level, the battlefields. NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024 Perhaps unsurprisingly, Civil War battlefields and historic sites will play a major role in this portion of the itinerary. Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024 The Valkyries name, drawn from Norse mythology, evokes images of warrior women flying across battlefields, an identity the team has adopted with pride. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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