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Minefield   Listen
noun
minefield  n.  
1.
(Mil.) A region in which explosive mines (4) have been placed, especially a region on land.
2.
Hence: (Fig.) A situation in which a simple mistake can have disastrous consequences; a touchy or dangerous situation requiring great caution; as, the candidate threaded his way skillfully through a minefield of loaded questions from the audience.





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"Minefield" Quotes from Famous Books



... Narrows are approached. The combined advance of the allied fleet up the Dardanelles on March 18 was not an attempt to pass the Narrows. It was merely intended as a great demonstration against the forts, in order that the destroyers and sweepers might clear the minefield under cover of the guns ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various


Words linked to "Minefield" :   war machine, parcel, tract, armed forces, military, piece of land, piece of ground, armed services


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