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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None have agreed to join Zelensky on one of his frequent trips into the war zone.
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Simon Shuster, Time, 22 May 2025
Her first trip into a war zone is jarring, but provides scant insight.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 16 May 2025
An unelected, unaccountable private citizen had unilaterally thwarted a military operation in an active war zone while exposing the fact that governments had remarkably little control over crucial decisions affecting their citizens and national security.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
Francis was the first pope to journey to a war zone, to grant dozens of one-on-one interviews with journalists, pose for innumerable selfies with admirers, and the first to marry two flight attendants in an impromptu in-flight wedding.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
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Simon Shuster, Time, 22 May 2025
Her first trip into a war zone is jarring, but provides scant insight.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 16 May 2025
An unelected, unaccountable private citizen had unilaterally thwarted a military operation in an active war zone while exposing the fact that governments had remarkably little control over crucial decisions affecting their citizens and national security.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
Francis was the first pope to journey to a war zone, to grant dozens of one-on-one interviews with journalists, pose for innumerable selfies with admirers, and the first to marry two flight attendants in an impromptu in-flight wedding.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
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“War zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20zone. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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