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noun
an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or supplies are landed from aircraft for a military operation. Abbreviation: DZ
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Origin of drop zone
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby drop zone
drop the ball, drop the handkerchief, drop valve, drop window, dropwort, drop zone, drosera, droshky, drosky, drosometer, drosophila
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How to use drop zone in a sentence
His shot from a drop zone then went over the green and into a small crowd of spectators.
With confidence and calm, Hideki Matsuyama ends Japan’s long wait for a Masters title|Chuck Culpepper, Scott Allen, Des Bieler|April 11, 2021|Washington PostA crew would go out there and have runway lights on two sides of the drop zone.
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