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war-zone

war-zone is the alternative form of war zone.

Meaning of war zone

Noun

war zone (plural war zones)

  1. A region where war is ongoing.
    • He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57
  2. A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
  3. (broadly, figuratively) Any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.

Forms of war-zone

pluralwar-zones

Questions about war-zone

What is war-zone the alternative form of?
War-zone is the alternative form of war zone.

Words near war-zone in the dictionary

  1. war-weariness
  2. war-weary
  3. war-work
  4. war-worker
  5. war-workers
  6. war-zone
  7. War.
  8. warabi
  9. warabimochi
  10. Warabrook
  11. waracabra

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