war zone
noun
1
: a zone in which belligerents are waging war
broadly
: an area marked by extreme violence
2
: a designated area especially on the high seas within which rights of neutrals are not respected by a belligerent nation in time of war
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She's already starred as a woman trapped in a gilded cage in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla and a ruthlessly ambitious war zone photographer in Alex Garland's Civil War.
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 30 May 2024
Middle East crisis — explained Thai farmhands in Israel face a grim choice: work in a war zone or go home to poverty
After Oct. 7, thousands of foreign workers left Israel after more than 50 citizens of Thailand who worked on the country's farms were killed or taken hostage.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024
By morning, this community in eastern San Diego County resembled a war zone.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
At animal shelters, volunteers who’d dedicated their lives to saving animals had to choose between abandoning those animals in what became active war zones or staying behind to face bombs and Russian soldiers.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 30 May 2024
Middle East crisis — explained Thai farmhands in Israel face a grim choice: work in a war zone or go home to poverty
After Oct. 7, thousands of foreign workers left Israel after more than 50 citizens of Thailand who worked on the country's farms were killed or taken hostage.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024
By morning, this community in eastern San Diego County resembled a war zone.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
At animal shelters, volunteers who’d dedicated their lives to saving animals had to choose between abandoning those animals in what became active war zones or staying behind to face bombs and Russian soldiers.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
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“War zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20zone. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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