killing field
noun
Simple meaning
A place of mass slaughter.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kilihngfeeldSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɪlɪŋfild
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A place of mass slaughter, especially the Killing Fields of Cambodia.
The field of fire of a machine gun or artillery.
mathematics
A vector field on a Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) that preserves the metric.
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This meaning: A place of mass slaughter, especially the Killing Fields of Cambodia.
Used this way, killing field is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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