minefields
Explosive hidden zones
Minefields are areas where explosive mines have been planted, whether on land or at sea.
Soldiers crossing a minefield risk death with each step.
Figuratively, a minefield is any situation full of hidden dangers: The interview was a minefield of potentially offensive questions.
The singular minefield is more common.
Detonating substances
- IEDsImprovised explosive devices
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- deminingRemoving buried explosives
casualties · combat · war zones · ordinance · booby traps · shrapnel · tripwire · unexploded
Dangers or threats
- pitfallsHidden dangers or drawbacks
- dangersSources of potential harm
- obstaclesThings in the way
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
navigating · risky · sensitive · tricky · diplomatic · political · negotiations · controversy
Those who suffer harm
- amputeesPeople lacking limbs surgically
- civiliansNon-military population
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
prosthetics · rehabilitation · NGOs · Red Cross · aftermath · legacy · postwar · reconstruction
explosives
Detonating substances
- IEDsImprovised explosive devices
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- clearingTreeless space in forest
demining · casualties · combat · war zones · ordinance · booby traps · shrapnel · tripwire · unexploded · detection
hazards
Dangers or threats
treacherous · navigating · risky · sensitive · tricky · diplomatic · political · negotiations · controversy · avoiding
victims
Those who suffer harm
- amputeesPeople lacking limbs surgically
- civiliansNon-military population
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
clearance · prosthetics · rehabilitation · NGOs · Red Cross · aftermath · legacy · postwar · reconstruction · awareness
- defenseswall, walls, fence, gate, barrier
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- coastal defensesseawall, seawalls, sea wall, sea walls, breakwater
- Korean DMZDMZ, 38th parallel, demarcation line, armistice line, ceasefire line
- war mapsbattle map, military maps, tactical map, campaign map, invasion routes
minefieldssanctuaries
Protected places of refuge
havens · refuges · protected areas · shelters · demilitarized zones
minefieldssmooth sailing
Untroubled progress forward
plain sailing · easy street · sure things · cakewalks · clear waters