killzone

Noun

kill zone (plural kill zones)

1. The area of engagement where an attack on the enemy is focused and which has the highest percentage of fatalities.
   • You either kept distance or an obstacle between yourself and the engagement area, a buffer zone against the enemy's reaction from the kill zone.2004, Charles W. Sasser, Craig Roberts, Crosshairs on the Kill Zone, →ISBN, page 90
   1. Such an area defined by drone warfare.
      • Near-synonyms: no man's land, no-man's land
2. A position where someone is facing a deadly attack.
   • He was parked on the zigzag road just to the east of the kindergarten street, facing the kill zone, the three-man assault team in position, but the plan was now going to shit. He had picked the zigzag road as the perfect kill zone based on Pike's following Azzam and triggering the assault as the...2011, Brad Taylor, One Rough Man, →ISBN
3. The area of the chest and abdomen where a bullet is most likely to kill its target.
   • On your first two tries you got maybe one shot in the kill zone, the rest were too low.1989, Michael P. Murphy, Old Soldiers, →ISBN, page 228