impact zone
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On Saturday, a California Highway Patrol cruiser and motorcycle parked on an I-5 onramp was hit by shrapnel after an artillery round prematurely exploded in midair, raining debris down, instead of reaching the impact zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
The app does not otherwise track users' cellphones and is only activated if they happen to be in the impact zone.
From Reuters • May 4, 2023
The first flight recorder was found relatively close to the impact zone, its outer casing heavily damaged but the internal unit mainly intact, according to investigators.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022
That said, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be able to photograph the impact crater in roughly two weeks, once its orbit has taken it above the impact zone.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2022
When the first plane struck, an estimated 17,400 people were in New York's Twin Towers - nobody survived above the impact zone in the North Tower.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2021
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