COMBAT ZONE Definition & Meaning

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combat zone

noun

Military. an area in a theater of operations where combat forces operate, extending typically from the front line to the communications zone.
Slang. an area in some cities, usually in an older midtown section, where pornography stores, striptease bars, etc., flourish, or are tolerated because of being concentrated in one district.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of combat zone¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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Further away from the combat zone, scattered celebrations for Eid spilled into the street.

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He got the chance in somewhat backward fashion: He was drafted straight out of a residency at Yale and shipped to Delta Med, a medical facility in South Vietnam close to the combat zone.

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But the residents of one town right in the combat zone have decided to stay.

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Anthony Kyles recalls: “We were building cities in active combat zones.”

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The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that it troops were “continuing combat in the Jabalia area, while enabling the secure evacuation of civilians from the combat zone”.

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