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killing field

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Noun1.killing field - (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)killing field - (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)
geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
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He draws from poststructural and postcolonial theories of Foucault and others to describe case studies of mass violence and genocide in the Vietnam War, the killing fields of Cambodia, and Rwandan genocide, and topics such as state-sanctioned violence, the deliberate targeting and killing of civilians in war, war-related rapes, and peace education.
War, violence, and population; making the body count by Reference & Research Book News
Passchendaele was one of the bloodiest battles of the whole conflict, where thousands died in the killing fields of Flanders; where men were shot to pieces in a swamp of mud in the quest to gain a few more yards of territory.
Younghero of trenches by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
It seems that the slogan for 2009 onwards will be "Welcome to the killing fields of Wales.
Letter: Welcome to the killing fields by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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