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minefield

noun

mine·​field ˈmīn-ˌfēld How to pronounce minefield (audio)
1
: an area (as of water or land) set with mines
2
: something resembling a minefield especially in having many dangers or requiring extreme caution
a political minefield

Example Sentences

This issue is a political minefield.
Recent Examples on the Web Doctors’ broaching the topic of guns has been a political minefield in the past. Harriet Jones, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2022 Choosing the all-time greatest movies filmed here is more of a subjective minefield, due to the eclectic nature of the best films. Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 2022 Parenting can sometimes feel like a minefield with no guarantee or obvious markers of success. refinery29.com, 11 Apr. 2022 But Baker, as if tiptoeing through a minefield, manages to circumvent cliché. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 Nearly everywhere was a minefield: her school and her hood. Michaela Angela Davis, Allure, 14 May 2022 The influx of more diverse actors, could also cloud the legal minefield and prompt potential tensions between counterterrorism and humanitarian law. Naureen Chowdhury Fink, CNN, 16 Mar. 2022 Ranci Willis had pitched around the minefield that is Prosper’s lineup all night on Wednesday. Dallas News, 13 May 2021 Even her admirers wonder if her years of courtroom experience have prepared her for the legal, personal and professional minefield that comes with probing a former president with a vast personal fortune and tens of millions of devoted followers. Christian Boone, ajc, 19 Feb. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of minefield was in 1884

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