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Antonyms for battleground
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bat-l-feeld |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt lˌfild |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for battleground
- arena
- Armageddon
- battle site
- battlefield
- battleground
- benchmark
- bend
- blaze
- combat area
- combat zone
- domain
- feature
- field
- field of battle
- fragment
- front
- front line
- guide
- hill
- mark
- marker
- memorial
- milepost
- milestone
- monument
- mountain
- museum
- promontory
- province
- realm
- remnant
- ruins
- salient
- scene
- sector
- souvenir
- specimen
- sphere
- stone
- survival
- territory
- theater of operations
- theater of war
- theatre
- trace
- tree
- vantage point
- vestige
- waypost
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