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noun

minefield n.

(Mil.) A region in which explosive mines (4) have been placed, especially a region on land.

Hence: (Fig.) A situation in which a simple mistake can have disastrous consequences; a touchy or dangerous situation requiring great caution; as, the candidate threaded his way skillfully through a minefield of loaded questions from the audience.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Minefield" Quotes from Famous Books

... President's appeal to the entire belligerent world coincided with the spontaneous statement of our group, in which we gave a solemn proof of our willingness to conclude a just peace and one acceptable by our enemies, a fresh and larger minefield was laid down in the North Sea on the route of the world's traffic, and, casting ridicule on the noble initiative of the United States, a war of destruction against our groups of Powers ...

— In the World War • Count Ottokar Czernin

Words linked to "Minefield" : armed services, piece of ground, war machine, tract, parcel, piece of land, military, parcel of land, armed forces