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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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... reaching the land when, in a smother of foam and spray, there appeared a patrol-boat, the commander of which asked in his breezy naval way who we were and what the blazes we thought we were doing. On being informed he told us we were steering head-on for a minefield, and that if we wanted Mersa Matruh we must alter course a few points and we should be in before nightfall. Also, he added a few comments about our seamanship, but we were much too grateful to mind—besides, they really ...

— With Our Army in Palestine • Antony Bluett

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