war zone

noun

1. (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.

Word History and Origins

Origin of war zone¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

His list of fake threats is seemingly endless: “war zones” in cities, non-existent foreign invaders, supposedly greedy doctors who offer vaccines or abortions and — bafflingly — Tylenol.

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The judge Lord Mulholland described Hunter as a paid assassin and said the streets of Edinburgh and Scotland were not war zones.

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The lightweight, long-distance, autonomous drone takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies like a plane, allowing it to be deployed from within war zones and disaster areas.

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After a weekend shooting in the war zone, they would return home to their normal lives.

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In a video released at the end of October, the jihadists announced that "all roads around Bamako" were considered "war zones".

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