death zone
death zone noun: an area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.
Noun (1)
death zone (plural death zones)
- An area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.
- That makes life even harder in the freezing temperatures of the death zone. High in the mountains the cold affects you quickly. You get goose bumps as your skin tries to trap warm air in the fine hairs that cover your body.2009 03, Ross Piper, Death Zone: Can Humans Survive at 26,000 Feet, Capstone, →ISBN, page 10
- Synonyms:
- lethal zone
Noun (2) capitalized: Death Zone
Death Zone (plural Death Zones)
- Alternative letter-case form of death zone.
Synonyms of death zone
Forms of death zone
| plural | death zones |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Death Zone |
| plural | Death Zones |
Origin of death zone
Coined by Swiss physician and alpinist Edouard Wyss-Dunant in 1953 as lethal zone.
Questions about death zone
- What does death zone mean?
- Death zone means an area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.
- What part of speech is death zone?
- Death zone is a noun.
- What is the plural of death zone?
- The plural of death zone is death zones.
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