war zones
Active conflict regions
War zones are areas where armed conflict is actively occurring.
The term applies literally to regions with ongoing military operations: Journalists risked their lives reporting from war zones.
Figuratively, any chaotic or dangerous environment may be called a war zone: The kitchen was a war zone after Thanksgiving dinner.
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- fightingEngaging in physical conflict
hot spots · armed conflict · skirmish · refugee camps · frontlines · civilian casualties · shell shock · humanitarian aid · regional conflicts · defensive positions · battleground · embedded journalists · foreign correspondents · bombing · siege · scorched earth · Geneva Conventions · soldiers
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
- danger zoneshostile territory, minefield, blast radius, nuclear fallout, contaminated area
- risksrisk, gamble, bet, wager, chance it
- hellholeshellhole, dungeons, dungeon, dump, dumps
- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases
- military mediacombat footage, military documentaries, propaganda films, Stars and Stripes, recruitment videos
safety and stability
war zonessafe havens
Protected places from harm
sanctuaries · protected areas · safety zones · havens · refuges