battleground
IPA: bˈætʌɫgraʊnd
noun
- A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
- (figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
- (figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
- (US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state. [(US politics) A state which is roughly as likely to vote Republican as Democrat in a given election.]
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Examples of "battleground" in Sentences
- That is the opposite of battleground.
- Battleground is just the tip of the iceberg.
- The war changed sedate village into a battleground.
- The battleground will perforce only go on as before.
- A soldier's duty is to win the war on the battleground.
- At midnight the procession returns from the battleground.
- Agreed for the need for the article not to be a battleground.
- It was plain that the Seminole meant this to be the battleground.
- I think the battleground issues are the main source of the problem.
- In the 13th century, the area became a battleground in the Northern Crusades.
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