safe area
an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- Also called safe haven.
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How to use safe area in a sentence
Terrorists against Cuba who had once shot down passenger jets later found safe haven in Miami.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo hurt them at their safe haven and homes—such an attack is perfect revenge.
Taliban: We Slaughtered 100+ Kids Because Their Parents Helped America | Sami Yousafzai | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe receives phantom phone calls from people who promise him a safe haven.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe then helped co-found Rainbow Noir, an organization that bills itself as a safe haven for LGBT of color in Manchester.
“Even now, an al Qaeda safe haven is emerging in northeastern Afghanistan,” Rogers said.
Perhaps, after all, it was the safe haven of respectability that Letty sought, at the end of a few adventurous years.
The Wasted Generation | Owen JohnsonShips wilt thou find there in plenty to carry thee into a safe haven.'
Stories from the Ballads | Mary MacGregorAt sunset they saw an island named Sousa, toward which they steered, hoping to reach it by midnight and find a safe haven.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa | Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher JohnsonShe forged on, hurling aside each sea which barred her way, straight toward a safe haven through open water.
The League of the Leopard | Harold BindlossShe had been left at Assizes Harbour, usually an absolutely safe haven of rest.
A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
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