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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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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