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Definition of battlefield noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

battlefield

noun
 
 
/ˈbætlfiːld/
 
/ˈbætlfiːld/
(also battleground)
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  1.  
    a place where a battle is being fought or has been fought
    • heavy casualties on the battlefield
    • He was wounded on the battlefield.
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  2. a situation in which people are opposed to each other; a subject that people feel strongly about and argue about
    • Arkansas is among the key electoral battlefields.
    • Education policy is an ideological battlefield.
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