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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: battlefront, front, front line]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1797 1. a. a military line formed by the most advanced tactical combat units; also front 2a(2) b. an area of potential or actual conflict or struggle 2. the most advanced, responsible, or visible position in a field or activity

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also front-line(front lines) 1. The front line is the place where two opposing armies are facing each other and where fighting is going on. ...a massive concentration of soldiers on the front line. N-COUNT: usu the N 2. A front line state shares a border with a country that it is at war with or is in conflict with. ...the front-line states bordering South Africa. ADJ: ADJ n 3. Someone who is in the front line has to play a very important part in defending or achieving something. Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies. PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v

Moby Thesaurus

DMZ, aceldama, advance guard, airhead, avant-garde, battle line, battle site, battlefield, battleground, beachhead, bridgehead, combat area, combat zone, enemy line, farthest outpost, field, field of battle, field of blood, firing line, first line, forefront, front, front rank, front-runner, killing ground, landing beach, line, line of battle, outguard, outpost, pioneer, point, precursor, railhead, scout, seat of war, shambles, spearhead, the front, theater, theater of operations, theater of war, van, vanguard, zone of communications