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THEATRE OF WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations
Synonyms:
theater of war; theatre of war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("theatre of war" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "theatre of war"):
field; field of operations; theater; theater of operations; theatre; theatre of operations (a region in which active military operations are in progress)
zone of interior (the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations)