Combat Zone
Active military theater
A combat zone is an area where active military fighting occurs.
The term extends to any space characterized by danger, conflict, or chaos: The emergency room was a combat zone on Saturday night.
In some American cities, combat zone named red-light districts with concentrated adult entertainment—Boston's was notorious through the 1990s.
- battlefrontZone of active combat
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- troop deploymentStationing soldiers operationally
- forward operating baseMilitary outpost near action
- weaponryMilitary equipment collectively
counteroffensive · friendly fire · armored vehicles · battlefield · skirmish · front line · ambush · fear response · reconnaissance · moral injury · no-man's-land · urban warfare · airstrike · trauma · hot spot · siege · resilience · drones
Combat Zonedemilitarized zone
Area barring armed forces
safe zone · rear echelon · home front · neutral zone · buffer zone
Combat Zonesanctuary
Protected sacred space
safe haven · refuge · haven · neutral ground · rest area
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