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Field of operations

noun

A region in which active military operations are in progress. Synonyms: field, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations. "He served in the Vietnam theater for three years"

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"Field of operations" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Braddock, came out from England Lieutenant-colonel Sir John St. Clair, deputy quartermaster-general, eager to make himself acquainted with the field of operations. He made a tour of inspection, in company with Governor Sharpe, of Maryland, and appears to have been dismayed at sight of the impracticable wilderness, the region of Washington's campaign. From Fort Cumberland, he wrote ...

— The Life of George Washington, Volume I • Washington Irving

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