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DMZ

American  
  1. demilitarized zone.


DMZ British  

abbreviation

  1. demilitarized zone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He added that Pyongyang's recent flurry of statements only suggested that the South's ongoing efforts to clear landmines inside the DMZ were "proving effective".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

DMZ, a buffer strip containing the Military Demarcation Line which marks the land border between the two Koreas.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the decades since, sporadic clashes and mine explosions have broken out in the DMZ.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Command inspection, which had sought to investigate mysterious terrain changes inside the DMZ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

All the way from Saigon north to the DMZ.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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