combat zone
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈkɒmbæt zoʊn/
:
zona de combate
- The soldiers were deployed to a combat zone where fierce fighting was taking place.
- work in a combat zone
Like how does that play out in a non combat zone?
- Like how does that play out in a non combat zone?
- A lot of times when you lose guys in the combat zone and you know them, it'll create a type of ritual.
- And we're just, but we're not really thinking like, oh, we're not going to deploy to a combat zone.
- You showed up in a combat zone at the with, you know, the most capable unit in the fucking world.
- The work in combat zones, a lot of them predicts.
- I did MTC when I was a little boy, army training cadets and they told you about war War combat, combat zone and an office.
Examples
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While deployed, service members face the stress of a combat zone in addition to worries about the well-being of their families.
Academic text (2009) -
Soldiers and Marines have been stop-lossed, and their tours of duty in the combat zones were extended.
Blog text (30) -
We just spent some time in a combat zone.
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If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home.
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This is a combat zone.
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The threat levels are always different in the different areas of a combat zone.
Blog text (4) -
Our whole division stood in formation for two hours in the middle of the combat zone.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yesterday I dropped troopers into a combat zone.
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Once they are in the combat zone, the need to focus on the mission, not the individual, prevails.
Academic text (2010) -
More than 2.5 million served in combat zones, and more have served at bases across the globe.
Blog text (4)
Synonyms
228
3.2
An area where soldiers fight during a war
172
6.5
An area where soldiers fight during a war
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4.4
A place where people fight physically or argue strongly
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7.7
A large area where soldiers fight during a war
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3.8
An area where soldiers fight during a war
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5.2
An area where soldiers fight in a war
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5.8
The place where two armies face each other and fight
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4.3
An area where soldiers or armed groups are fighting
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8.4
An area where fighting takes place during a war
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7.5
An area of land, sea, or air where military fighting happens
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6.1
An area where soldiers fight the enemy
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7.2
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'combat' (fighting) + 'zone' (an area) compositionally yield the idea of an area of conflict, so a B1 learner would likely infer a dangerous or violent area. However, the specific extended sense referring to a city district marked by vice, crime, and disorder is metaphorical and requires pragmatic inference or exposure, so the relation is partial rather than fully predictable.
Etymology
Combat zone comes from a clear image: combat means fighting and zone means an area, so the phrase was first used for a place where soldiers are fighting. That's why it means 'an area where fighting is happening'.