kill zone
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8.4
- noun
- /kɪl zoʊn/
- Jargon
:
zona de peligro
- In the video game, players must navigate through the kill zone to complete their mission.
- entering the kill zone
- get to the kill zone
- went into the kill zone
They're walking up to the kill zone and then it opened up and then in the distance I saw a glint.
- They're walking up to the kill zone and then it opened up and then in the distance I saw a glint.
Examples
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The soldiers were instructed to avoid the kill zone where enemy fire was concentrated.
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Our division was to create a diversionary attack and lure the Iraqi forces into a huge kill zone.
Fiction book (1994) -
Well, here we are again, in the kill zone.
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Looks this good on paper, we're in the kill zone, pal.
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Locals are out of the kill zone.
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When Kennedy gets to the kill zone, it's a turkey shoot.
Fiction book (1991) -
Herding them into a kill zone.
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After that... The Iraqi police that were on patrol with us, they were stuck In the kill zone.
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Any troops approaching the building from the ground would have to scale a wall, move through an open, land-mined kill zone without any cover whatsoever.
Blog text (17) -
Roe and Mackey were able to return fire against the enemy and give Arias and 16 other soldiers time to get out of the kill zone.
Blog text (5)
Synonyms
28
4.8
A place that is badly damaged and dangerous, like after fighting
13
3.8
An area or situation where people are likely to be hurt
9
5.5
An area where soldiers are actively fighting during a war
4
4.3
An area where soldiers or armed groups are fighting
1
8.3
An area where many people die, often on a battlefield
Antonyms
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area where people are at high risk of being killed' is directly and literally derivable from combining 'kill' (to cause death) with 'zone' (an area/region), following a straightforward noun+noun compositional pattern. While it may be jargon in military or gaming contexts, the semantic logic is transparent and cross-linguistically plausible, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Kill zone comes from battlefield language and gives a strong picture: a zone where the enemy could kill many people by shooting into it. That's why it now means 'an area where people are at high risk of being killed' in real fights or video games.