War-zone meaning

An area in which military combat takes place.
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An area at sea in which ships are prone to being attacked during a war.
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A region where war is ongoing.
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A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
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By extension, any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.
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War-zone Sentence Examples

  • It looked like a war zone and smelled like a cesspool.

  • Damian wasn't sure how someone going from the second to first floor had managed to get bloody enough to look like she crawled through a war zone.

  • Our roads are a war zone - wartime rules should apply Which jobs can you do when you're blind drunk?

  • His first major film role came from fellow actor, Tim Roth, in Roth's 1999 directorial debut of The War Zone.

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