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war zone

war zone noun: a region where war is ongoing.

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.

war zone meaning in Urdu, Vietnamese and Myanmar

war zone in Urdu

علاقہ جنگ

war zone in Vietnamese

region of ongoing war
vùng chiến sự, chiến trường

war zone in Myanmar

region of ongoing war
ပဋိပက္ခဒေသ pa.ti.pakhka.desa.

Forms of war zone

pluralwar zones
alternative formwarzone
alternative formwar-zone

Questions about war zone

What does war zone mean?
War zone means a region where war is ongoing.
What is war zone in Urdu?
War zone in Urdu is علاقہ جنگ. See War zone meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is war zone?
War zone is a noun.
What is the plural of war zone?
The plural of war zone is war zones.

Words near war zone in the dictionary

  1. war widow
  2. war widows
  3. war work
  4. war worker
  5. war workers
  6. war zone
  7. war zones
  8. war-
  9. war-dial
  10. war-dialed
  11. war-dialing

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