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
It will unleash enough energy to generate an 8.7-to-9.2 magnitude quake, big enough to affect 7 million lives in a 140,000 square-mile impact zone.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Heavy rains and waves of over 26 feet are expected near the impact zone, the International Federation of Red Cross said on Twitter, issuing a red alert for the area.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023
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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