hostile territory
Unfriendly foreign land
Hostile territory is land controlled by an enemy or adversary, especially in military contexts: The pilot was shot down over hostile territory.
The phrase extends to any environment where one faces opposition or feels unwelcome: As the only liberal at the family reunion, she was in hostile territory.
The key element is that the space itself belongs to or favors the opposing side.
- enemyHostile opposing party
- enemy linesAdversary's military positions
- war zoneArea of active conflict
- warzoneArea of active fighting
- dangerExposure to harm
danger zone · infiltrate · deep cover · occupied · invasion · combat · special ops · reconnaissance · ambush · minefield · guerrilla · patrol · surveillance · contested · adversary · no-man's-land · frontline · forward operating base
- danger zonesdanger zone, danger zones, disaster zone, war zone, war zones
- Conflict ZonesGaza, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq
- war zonesbattlefield, combat zone, battleground, front line, warzone
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- military zonesmilitary zone, combat zone, war zone, defense zone, DMZ
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