killing field

[ kil-ing feeld ]

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noun

a site of indiscriminate and cruel killing of large numbers of people, especially a place of wartime genocide:
The concentration camps of Germany and the killing fields of Cambodia are graphic displays of the presence of evil in our world.
a dangerous place where an excessive number of people have died, as by murder, riots, or drug overdose:
Some 300 lives are violently ended each year on the killing fields of New York's streets and sidewalks, about half of them pedestrians or cyclists.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of killing field¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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"The statement made by Zelenskyy today will do nothing but prolong the 'killing field,' and nobody wants that!"

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On Tuesday the UN secretary general warned that Israel's blockade of Gaza was violating the Geneva Conventions and the territory was becoming a "killing field".

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"Gaza is a killing field and civilians are in an endless death loop," he added.

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He said that under Kemp’s leadership and the state had “gone to hell” and Atlanta was “a killing field.”

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He called Kemp a “bad guy” and said that under his leadership, the state had “gone to hell” and Atlanta had become a “killing field.”

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