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war zone

noun

1
: a zone in which belligerents are waging war
broadly : an area marked by extreme violence
2
: a designated area especially on the high seas within which rights of neutrals are not respected by a belligerent nation in time of war

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a surge of refugees fleeing the war zone, but political repression and economic uncertainty have also prompted emigration from Russia itself. Shaul Kelner, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2022 In Salaam, for instance, Lual Mayen puts the player in the position of a refugee fleeing a war zone. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Dots on the ground of what looked like blood, along with blue tape on storefronts that marked bullet holes, made the area, one of the most popular nightlife spots in Philadelphia, resemble a war zone. New York Times, 5 June 2022 With hospitals bombed and doctors fleeing the war zone, their options were limited. Vivian Salama, WSJ, 20 May 2022 And while visiting three of the United States’ hemispheric allies in Latin America is certainly less fraught than entering a war zone, experts say that this trip is the equivalent of walking a diplomatic tight rope. Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 Yet, despite the war zone visit and stepped-up U.S. military assistance, Biden’s insistence that U.S. troops won’t be sent to fight in Ukraine or impose a no-fly zone has not softened, officials traveling with Austin said. NBC News, 25 Apr. 2022 At least 20 babies carried by Ukrainian surrogate mothers are stuck in a makeshift bomb shelter in Kyiv, waiting for parents to enter the war zone to pick them up. Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022 On Monday, at sunrise, Mark Roye and Warren Beemer traveled 889 miles from San Antonio to Mayfield, Kentucky, a place that resembled a war zone. Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of war zone was in 1914

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