battle zone
Active conflict region
A battle zone is an area of active military combat.
The term extends to any scene of intense conflict or danger: The intersection became a battle zone after the accident.
It often emphasizes chaos, destruction, or hostility: Their kitchen looked like a battle zone after the party.
- DonetskEastern Ukrainian industrial center
- Russo-Ukrainian WarArmed conflict since 2014
- MariupolUkrainian coastal industrial city
- ground zeroExplosion's central impact point
- shellHard outer covering
dust · smoke · fog of war · frontline · boots on the ground · conflict · under fire · blast · theater · trench warfare · bunker · clash · hostilities · skirmish · tank · no-man's-land · fortifications · artillery
- danger zoneshostile territory, minefield, blast radius, nuclear fallout, contaminated area
- war zonesbattlefield, battleground, front line, warzone, frontline
battle zonepeace zone
Area free from conflict
demilitarized zone · neutral zone · safe zone · neutral territory · ceasefire zone
battle zonesafe haven
Protected place of shelter
sanctuary · refuge · shelter · haven · protected area
battle, zone, battles, battled, battling, battler, combatant, combat, zones