theatre of operations

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noun

a region in which active military operations are in progress
- the army was in the field awaiting action
- he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
• Syn:
field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
region
• Part Holonyms:
theater of war, theatre of war
• Part Meronyms:
combat zone, combat area