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
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To work in a war zone, aid agencies rely on a process called deconfliction, which allows the military to take measures to prevent unintentional attacks against aid workers, who are protected by international humanitarian law.
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Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
The evacuation of their son was part of a growing number of hasty and ad hoc departures from Haiti, which has been convulsed by a surge of gang violence that has turned parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, into a war zone and has shut down the main airport.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
As an alliance of criminal gangs continue to sow chaos and turn Port-au-Prince into a war zone, Haitians are being forced to suspend treatment for illnesses like kidney disease, cancer and common infectious killers like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Why would anyone craft fragile ceramics in an active war zone?
—Jennie Punter, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
While aid workers operating in war zones do so under dangerous conditions, there are protocols in place to ensure their safety.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
Face-to-face polling in a war zone comes with severe risks.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Border police with semi-automatics patrolled as if in a war zone.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Obviously, operating in a war zone is extraordinarily difficult.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
The evacuation of their son was part of a growing number of hasty and ad hoc departures from Haiti, which has been convulsed by a surge of gang violence that has turned parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, into a war zone and has shut down the main airport.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
As an alliance of criminal gangs continue to sow chaos and turn Port-au-Prince into a war zone, Haitians are being forced to suspend treatment for illnesses like kidney disease, cancer and common infectious killers like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Why would anyone craft fragile ceramics in an active war zone?
—Jennie Punter, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
While aid workers operating in war zones do so under dangerous conditions, there are protocols in place to ensure their safety.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
Face-to-face polling in a war zone comes with severe risks.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Border police with semi-automatics patrolled as if in a war zone.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Obviously, operating in a war zone is extraordinarily difficult.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
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“War zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20zone. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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