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

Examples of war zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many families with young children were seen among the attendees. ‘Like a war zone’ Eyewitnesses who attended the street festival described scenes of chaos. —Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025

Witnesses described the scene as something out of a war zone, with bodies strewn on the crowd and people shouting in hysterics. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025

The oddball weapon is a signal jammer designed to take down drones in war zones and was likely used to neutralize the van vault’s silent alarm so the thief could make off with what Kasie (Diona Reasonover) estimates is a million dollars. —Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025

SpaceX has had to grapple, for example, with how and whether to provide services in war zones — and Musk has previously faced significant backlash over his comments about Ukraine. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for war zone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone