battleground
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battleground (plural battlegrounds)
- A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
- The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing.
- Figuratively, any subject of dispute or contention.
- Abortion was becoming the season's big political battleground, once again.
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location — see battlefield
subject of dispute
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