buffer zone

noun

: a neutral area separating conflicting forces

broadly : an area designed to separate

Examples of buffer zone in a Sentence

There must be a 500-foot buffer zone between the river and the new buildings.

Recent Examples on the Web

What To Know Palisa told reporters Thursday that Russia intends to capture all of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts by September 1 and create a buffer zone along the northern Ukrainian-Russian border by the end of this year. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025

Putin said May 22 that Russian troops aim to create a buffer zone that might help prevent Ukrainian cross-border attacks. —Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025

The land seizure comes less than a week after Putin ordered the military to formulate a buffer zone along the Russian border with Ukraine. —Filip Timotija, The Hill, 27 May 2025

Israel occupies a demilitarized buffer zone along the southern Syrian border, and Israeli officials have publicly accused al-Sharaa's Islamist government of targeting the Druze, a minority religious group, south of Damascus. —Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for buffer zone

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Legal Definition

buffer zone

noun

: an area designed to separate: as

a

: an area with certain boundaries beyond which protestors may not pass

b

: an area separating land used for different purposes

a buffer zone between the development and the park