hazard zone
Perilous designated region
A hazard zone is an area where danger is present or likely—from natural disasters, industrial accidents, contamination, or military activity.
The term appears in emergency management, insurance, and urban planning: The entire neighborhood was designated a flood hazard zone.
Residents were evacuated from the hazard zone around the chemical plant.
- dangerExposure to harm
- danger areaLocation posing threat
- warningAlert about danger
- warning signsIndicators of impending danger
- evacuationRemoval from danger
evacuation route · contamination · toxic · radiation · flood · restricted · boundary · perimeter · quarantine · fallout · blast radius · ground zero · disaster · emergency · barrier · caution · keep out · exclusion
- zonesterritory, district, DMZ, Korean DMZ, neutral territory
- restricted zonesrestricted area, secure area, DMZ
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
hazard zonesafe zone
Protected area from threats
safety zone · safe area · protected area · secure area · safe haven
hazard zonesanctuary
Protected sacred space
refuge · shelter · haven · protected zone · evacuation center
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