Definition of Theater of war

1. Noun. The entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations.


Definition of Theater of war

1. Noun. The area in which armed conflict takes place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theater Of War

thearch
thearchic
thearchies
thearchs
thearchy
theater-in-the-round
theater company
theater critic
theater curtain
theater director
theater in the round
theater light
theater of operations
theater of the absurd
theater of war (current term)
theater prompter
theater stage
theater ticket
theatergoer
theatergoers
theatergoing
theatergoings
theaterical
theaterless
theaters
theaters of war
theaterwide
theatine
theatral

Literary usage of Theater of war

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Original by James Brown Scott (1921)
"First, it has been said that it will be impossible to make a distinction between those regions which form the theater of war and those which do not. the ..."

2. Topography and Strategy in the War by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1917)
"1—Diagrammatic view of the western theater of war, showing the principal plateaus and ... 14—The Italian theater of war, showing thd principal mountain and ..."

3. The War with Mexico by Roswell Sabine Ripley (1849)
"General Scott proceeds to the Theater of War—Expedition against Vera Cruz —Official Correspondence—Withdrawal of Troops from the Northern Line of ..."

4. Topography and Strategy in the War by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1917)
"CHAPTER XV THE RUMANIAN theater of war in the summer of 1916 Rumania abandoned a Rumania's position of wavering neutrality and cast in her lot with that of ..."

5. An Old Frontier of France: The Niagara Region and Adjacent Lakes Under by Frank Hayward Severance (1917)
"... CHAPTER XXVII LAKE ONTARIO IT BECOMES THE theater of war — CAPTAIN POUCHOT STRENGTHENS ... theater of war ..."

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