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Synonyms for battleground


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bat-l-feeld
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt lˌfild

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Définition of battleground

Origin :
  • 1812, from battle (n.) + field (n.). The usual word for it in Old English was wælstow, literally "slaughter-place."
  • As in landmark : noun historical or notable sight
  • As in arena : noun area of activity
  • As in battlefield : noun location of military fights
  • As in field of honor : noun battlefield
Example sentences :
  • For a moment the chasm is a battleground of the elements, a fierce, titanic struggle.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Every foot of the soil about the city in which I live is sacred as a battleground of the Republic.
  • Extract from : « America First » by Various
  • Galicia is to be the battleground between the two countries.
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 » by Various
  • He's gone to the battleground with his second and the surgeon—also with his brother.
  • Extract from : « The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The judge put the will away, and the two started for the battleground.
  • Extract from : « The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • But he must wait until they had gone a safe distance from the battleground.
  • Extract from : « The Girl and The Bill » by Bannister Merwin
  • This was to be the battleground of an inevitable war with Russia.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany » by Edward Lyell Fox
  • Often a battleground, Chteau-Thierry was captured by the English in 1421.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918 » by Various
  • I camped on that battleground in 1870 while hunting buffaloes.
  • Extract from : « Life and Adventures of 'Billy' Dixon » by Billy Dixon
  • This was Horace's first sight of a battleground that had been swept by two armies.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder of War on Land » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

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