war zone
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3.8
- noun
- /wɔr zoʊn/
:
zona de guerra
- The humanitarian organization sends aid to children living in the war zone where fighting is intense.
- live in a war zone
- away from the war zone
- most active war zones
And going to a couple of war zones and we'll report back.
- And going to a couple of war zones and we'll report back.
- My thought was just there are people in these active war zones where they they have nobody to come help them.
- So yes, technically, I guess we're not in an active combat war zone, but let's just say we are on the edge of war zones.
- I've been deployed to war zones in different parts of the world, seeing and experiencing first hand the, the harsh ugliness and realities of war and the cost.
- You know, that that guy is like the closest thing to, to a textbook education on, on, on surviving in a war zone.
- And I've, I've never been to a war zone before this, but I've read about many wars and I think the morale in Ukraine is higher than almost anywhere I've read about.
- We were now mixed into a basic war zone.
- These are normally men in a war zone.
- I'm sure JetBlue offers daily nonstop flights to a war zone.
- And it's just a sad state affairs where human beings well there and war zones, you know what I'm saying?
- You know, how does it affect family life, Peter, going through like war zones and battling and all be all the time?
Examples
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They ask me how I sleep so good in a war zone.
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"You know, I really hate being caught in a war zone.
Fiction book (2000) -
So, you led us into a war zone with no way out?
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- This your first time in a war zone?
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So, we're driving right back into that war zone?
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It's still a war zone.
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When you live in a war zone, you prepare for war.
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In a war zone, there was little time or place for detective work.
Academic text (2009) -
All right, we're in a war zone, bro.
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I don't know what a war zone looks like, but this has to be close.
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
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3.2
An area where soldiers fight during a war
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7.7
A large area where soldiers fight during a war
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5.5
An area where soldiers are actively fighting during a war
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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
Antonyms
How Dangerous
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5.5
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- Literature
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4.3
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area where armed conflict is taking place' is directly and transparently built from 'war' (armed conflict) + 'zone' (a region), following a straightforward noun+noun composition. The extended usage for chaotic or dangerous situations is a predictable metaphorical extension and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
War zone originally described a place where soldiers fight. The word war means fighting between armies and zone means an area, so it gives the clear image of a dangerous area where military action happens.