war zone
noun
1
: a zone in which belligerents are waging war
broadly
: an area marked by extreme violence
2
: a designated area especially on the high seas within which rights of neutrals are not respected by a belligerent nation in time of war
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An aerial view of the LA fires:Neighborhoods torched, communities look like war zones
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Ironically, by late in the war, the U.S. was drafting Japanese-Americans and ordering them to serve in foreign war zones.
—Carine Harb, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Jabbar enlisted in the Army in 2007, at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, when more than 100,000 U.S. troops had deployed to war zones, according to the Army and a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Claire Thornton, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
Safety is also a concern, to ensure edtech projects aren’t putting student data at risk in a war zone.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 29 Dec. 2024
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Ironically, by late in the war, the U.S. was drafting Japanese-Americans and ordering them to serve in foreign war zones.
—Carine Harb, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Jabbar enlisted in the Army in 2007, at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, when more than 100,000 U.S. troops had deployed to war zones, according to the Army and a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Claire Thornton, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
Safety is also a concern, to ensure edtech projects aren’t putting student data at risk in a war zone.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 29 Dec. 2024
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“War zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20zone. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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