red-zone
red-zone verb: to categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property).
Verb
red-zone (third-person singular simple present red-zones, present participle red-zoning, simple past and past participle red-zoned)
- To categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property).
- And in the event their land is red-zoned, at least they know they will ultimately get a new house under their AMI insurance policy.2013, Rebecca Macfie, Report from Christchurch, page 26
- As a result of severe and recurrent liquefaction damage, and the infeasibility of timely and effective land repair, more than 7000 residential properties in Christchurch were red-zoned (designated as currently uneconomic to repair) and purchased by central government at a cost exceeding NZ$1.6...2016, James Goff, C. R. de Freitas, Natural Hazards in Australasia, page 133
Forms of red-zone
| third-person singular present | red-zones |
|---|---|
| present participle | red-zoning |
| past participle | red-zoned |
| past | red-zoned |
Origin of red-zone
From the system of classifying areas of Christchurch, New Zealand as red zone (irreparable), green zone (reparable), or orange zone (more investigation needed) after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.
Questions about red-zone
- What does red-zone mean?
- Red-zone means to categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property).
- What part of speech is red-zone?
- Red-zone is a verb.
- What is the past tense of red-zone?
- The past tense of red-zone is red-zoned.
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