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war zone

noun war zones · warzone · war-zone

  1. A region where war is ongoing. He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].
  2. A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
  3. broadly, figuratively Any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.

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noun region of ongoing war

Españolzona de guerra, zona bélica, zona guerrera, zona belicosa, zona pugnaz
한국어교전 지역 gyojeon jiyeok
日本語交戦地帯 kōsen chitai, 戦域 sen'iki
中文戰區 /战区 zhànqū
हिन्दीयुद्ध क्षेत्र yuddh kṣetra
Portuguêszona de guerra
Françaisthéâtre d'opération, zone de guerre
DeutschKriegsgebiet
Italianozona di guerra
Românăzonă de război
Русскийзо́на вое́нных де́йствий zóna vojénnyx déjstvij, зо́на боевы́х де́йствий zóna bojevýx déjstvij
Tiếng Việtvùng chiến sự, chiến trường
العربيةمِنْطَقَةُ حَرْب minṭaqatu ḥarb, مَنْطِقَةُ حَرْب manṭiqatu ḥarb

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@misc{war_zone_2026,
  title = {war zone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/war%20zone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}