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    FIELD OF OPERATIONS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A region in which active military operations are in progressplay

    Example:

    he served in the Vietnam theater for three years

    Synonyms:

    field; field of operations; theater; theater of operations; theatre; theatre of operations

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("field of operations" is a kind of...):

    region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

    Meronyms (parts of "field of operations"):

    combat area; combat zone (a military area where combat forces operate)

    Domain category:

    armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

    Holonyms ("field of operations" is a part of...):

    theater of war; theatre of war (the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations)

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