war zone
noun
1
: a zone in which belligerents are waging war
broadly
: an area marked by extreme violence
2
: a designated area especially on the high seas within which rights of neutrals are not respected by a belligerent nation in time of war
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Baghdad is no longer a war zone.
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Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Killings of journalists have also escalated in war zones around the world.
—Scott Griffen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Despite the difficulties of running a school in a war zone, ANIM created a space in Afghanistan where kids could befriend teachers from all over the world and earn the chance to leave later on.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
An invading army has seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant, taken thousands of its employees hostage, and turned the grounds—home to a large stockpile of nuclear fuel—into a forward operating base in the middle of an active war zone.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Killings of journalists have also escalated in war zones around the world.
—Scott Griffen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Despite the difficulties of running a school in a war zone, ANIM created a space in Afghanistan where kids could befriend teachers from all over the world and earn the chance to leave later on.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
An invading army has seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant, taken thousands of its employees hostage, and turned the grounds—home to a large stockpile of nuclear fuel—into a forward operating base in the middle of an active war zone.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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“War zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20zone. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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