combat zones
Active conflict regions
Combat zones are areas where active military fighting occurs.
The term has official and informal uses—governments formally designate combat zones for purposes like tax exemptions and hazard pay for deployed personnel.
Figuratively, any chaotic or dangerous situation becomes a combat zone: The emergency room was a combat zone on Saturday nights.
- airstrikesMilitary attacks from aircraft
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- battlefrontsActive combat boundaries
- special forcesElite unconventional warfare troops
- warzoneArea of active fighting
military · urban warfare · war torn · intifada · field hospitals · conflict zones · frontline · no-man's-land · boots on the ground · humanitarian crisis · coalition forces · military operation · soldiers · hostilities · cease fire · explosions · rubble · barricades
- danger zonesdanger zones, war zones, red zones, hostile territory, minefield
- battlefieldsGettysburg, Waterloo, front lines, Antietam, frontline
- MASHHawkeye, Klinger, Korea, Korean War, meatball surgery
- Western Fronttrenches, battlefields, Ypres, Somme, Verdun
- intelligencesmart, IQ, memory, bright, clever
- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases
combat zonesdemilitarized zones
Areas banning armed forces
neutral territory · neutral zones · ceasefire zones · rear echelon · safe havens
combat zonessafe havens
Protected places from harm
sanctuaries · havens · refuges · safety zones · shelters
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