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safe area

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noun

  1. an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.


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The idea is to set up a shipping container control room in a safe area, where a human can remotely control the vehicle on the last, most treacherous leg of its journey.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

If you are in a safe area and would like to share a memory about things you lost in the fires, please fill out the form below.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2025

On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serbs overran a U.N.-protected safe area in Srebrenica.

From Seattle Times May 16, 2024

For several weeks, Israeli officials have been talking about a solution - a so-called "safe area" at al-Mawasi, a thin strip of mainly agricultural land along the Mediterranean coast, close to the Egyptian border.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2023

The spot Guardian found is flat and a safe area, free from obstacles such as mountainous buttes or large boulders.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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