theater
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈθiːətər/
- Specialized
- The world has witnessed a lessening of tension in several troubled theaters in the recent past.
- theater of operations
- war theater
- Pacific theater
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- It was the first time that the United States intervened in a major war in the European theater.
- The the Pacific theatre brought thousands of of servicemen streaming through ports like San Francisco.
- But like the uranium came from Australia and had to be come through on ships through the Pacific theater.
- The at the time the, the theater commanders controlled those, the group didn't.
Examples
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I've seen action in five different theaters of war.
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If you want my own opinion, this whole theater of operations is a sideshow.
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Within five minutes, we should be able to get to a hospital, to a theater.
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We were on planes every other day going to a new theater, a new city.
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Is this your first mission in theater, JTAC?
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The nation's leading museum was questioning traditional wisdom about the Pacific theater in World War II.
Academic text (1996) -
Deployment locations were identified using a map of the Gulf War theater of operations on which geographic regions were identified.
Academic text (2012) -
And we are certainly determined to do everything we can to help Ukrainians fleeing the theatre of conflict.
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Frost served in many active theaters, including Libya from 1995 to 1998, Jordan, 1998 to 2000.
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The military commanders are strategizing to gain advantage in the theater of operations.
Synonyms
201
6.5
An area where soldiers fight during a war
61
3.8
An area where soldiers fight during a war
14
5.5
An area where soldiers are actively fighting during a war
4
4.3
An area where soldiers or armed groups are fighting
4
8.4
An area where fighting takes place during a war
2
6.1
An area where soldiers fight the enemy
1
7.2
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
1
7.7
An area that is not physical, like the internet or outer space, where military attacks happen
Compounds
- US
11
3.3
A set of speakers and a big screen at home for watching movies like in a cinema
9
2.7
A group of local people who are not professional and perform plays for people in their town
- Literature
2
9.1
Plays that show life as meaningless and use strange dialogue and events
- Archaic
1
7.5
A theater that presents a series of short live acts like comedy, music, and dance
1
7.7
A short unplanned show in public about political or social issues to get attention
1
4.4
A play made for listening on radio or audio recordings with actors, music, and sound effects
- Specialized
1
7.7
An area that is not physical, like the internet or outer space, where military attacks happen
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Theater is also used for war to mean a large 'place where events happen', and this comes from the same Greek theatron and thea ('view'). So a military 'theater' is like a big stage where important actions of a war take place.