combat zone
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1. combat zone - Noun
2. Combat zone - Proper noun
Meaning
a military area where combat forces operate
a city district known for its vice and high crime rate
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No army in the history of warfare has done more to avoid harming civilians in a combat zone than the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza.
An Indiana mother is fighting to get answers from the military about why she was deployed to Afghanistan while pregnant and allowed to birth in a combat zone.
It is dedicated to peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access.
Shortly after the war the 187th ARCT was considered for use in an Airborne drop to relieve the surrounded French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam but the United States, at that time, decided not to send its troops into the combat zone.
Assemblyman Jeff Gorell has completed two one-year tours to the Middle East and Afghanistan and was decorated for his leadership in a combat zone.
All but 60 were awarded to officers, and only 16 of those awarded were actually in the combat zone.