drop zone
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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