| theatre of operations 
 
 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
 
 
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