war zone
noun
1
: a zone in which belligerents are waging war
broadly
: an area marked by extreme violence
2
: a designated area especially on the high seas within which rights of neutrals are not respected by a belligerent nation in time of war
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They were printed in tiny letters, 339 in all, each representing a child abducted from the war zone in Ukraine and, according to authorities in Kyiv, forcibly taken to Russia.
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Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
Importantly, they were relocated to places that were not war zones.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
But aid is a resource like any other, and in war zones, resources mean leverage, power, and control.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
That feeling is normally reserved for the journalists venturing into war zones or the branches of government to uncover the world’s important truths.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
Importantly, they were relocated to places that were not war zones.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
But aid is a resource like any other, and in war zones, resources mean leverage, power, and control.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
That feeling is normally reserved for the journalists venturing into war zones or the branches of government to uncover the world’s important truths.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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“War zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20zone. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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