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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The 82nd Airborne Division is known as the Army's emergency response team, capable of deploying within 18 hours and parachuting into a war zone.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Andrés is the founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit that has delivered nearly one billion meals worldwide in response to natural disasters and war zones since its launch in 2010.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Staff, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Unlike in a hurricane or war zone, much of covid’s toll happened out of public view, inside the crowded hospitals where people died on ventilators, often without families by their side in the early months.
—Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2026
But some other embassies in the region did not make similar arrangements — leaving nonessential personnel and their families stranded in a war zone.
—Byron Tau, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Andrés is the founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit that has delivered nearly one billion meals worldwide in response to natural disasters and war zones since its launch in 2010.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Staff, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Unlike in a hurricane or war zone, much of covid’s toll happened out of public view, inside the crowded hospitals where people died on ventilators, often without families by their side in the early months.
—Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2026
But some other embassies in the region did not make similar arrangements — leaving nonessential personnel and their families stranded in a war zone.
—Byron Tau, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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“War zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20zone. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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