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KILLING FIELD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does killing field mean?

• KILLING FIELD (noun)
The noun KILLING FIELD has 1 sense:

1. (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)

Familiarity information: KILLING FIELD used as a noun is very rare.

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• KILLING FIELD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

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