war zone
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4.8
- noun
- /wɔr zoʊn/
:
zona de guerra
- After the earthquake, the once peaceful neighborhood now resembled a war zone with debris scattered everywhere.
But he's more at peace in a war zone than he is here.
- But he's more at peace in a war zone than he is here.
- I knew I'd never been to into a war zone like that before.
- The single greatest moments I've had in war zones are places like that.
- That's made my horrible day in a war zone much better.
- So if I have the gun with me, I'm in a war zone.
- And I would grow flowers, you know, in in a war zone.
- In fact, when I went to the closer and closer to the war zone, you ask people is it safe?
- I mean, the bathrooms is always like an absolute war zone.
- And it makes sense because you're in a war zone.
- So that was the first kind of step into a a real war zone and behind enemy lines.
- And there was, you know, a kind of, they were like war zones.
- I've worked in multiple war zones and there is hope and there's a lot we can do.
- And Croydon is like it's it's it's a war zone.
- And most nations maybe unless you go literally into a war zone, things are generally looking pretty good.
Examples
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The streets are a war zone.
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This is a war zone, Mr. Childers.
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So that was the first kind of step into a a real war zone and behind enemy lines.
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This week yet another war zone would open.
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l felt like l was in a war zone.
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Why am I afraid that my city has become a war zone?
Fiction book (2001) -
The streets of some U.S. cities have been transformed into war zones at this point.
Blog text (6) -
The city's like a war zone.
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A desperate clash of cultures had turned this place into a war zone.
Fiction book (2002) -
I've worked in multiple war zones and there is hope and there's a lot we can do.
Synonyms
228
3.2
An area where soldiers fight during a war
75
4.4
A place where people fight physically or argue strongly
60
7.7
A large area where soldiers fight during a war
9
5.5
An area where soldiers are actively fighting during a war
9
8.4
An area where people are very likely to be killed during an attack
4
4.3
An area where soldiers or armed groups are fighting
2
8.4
An area where fighting takes place during a war
1
7.5
An area of land, sea, or air where military fighting happens
1
8.3
An area where many people die, often on a battlefield
1
6.1
An area where soldiers fight the enemy
1
7.2
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
Antonyms
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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 is also used for places that are not in a real battle but look like one, for example a city after a big storm with broken buildings and debris everywhere. Because it brings to mind a damaged, dangerous battlefield, people use it to mean 'a situation of chaos and danger'.