war front
Where armies clash
A war front is the line or region where opposing military forces meet and engage in combat.
The term distinguishes active fighting zones from rear areas: Supplies were shipped to the war front.
Figuratively, it describes any area of focused effort in a broader struggle: Progress on the economic war front has stalled.
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- battle cryShout to rally fighters
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
ground troops · boots on the ground · artillery · heavy artillery · advance · forward position · retreat · lines · barricade · foxhole · infantry · casualties · siege · offensive · defensive · bunker · no-man's-land · bombardment
- frontsstorefront, waterfront, beachfront, lakefront, oceanfront
- war zonesbattlefield, combat zone, battleground, warzone, battle zone
war fronthome front
Civilian sector during war
rear echelon · rear area · home base · rear · headquarters
war frontpeacetime
Absence of armed conflict
civilian life · peace zone · neutral territory · sanctuary · haven
war frontpeace
Freedom from disturbance
ceasefire line · armistice · peacetime · truce · demobilization
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