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combat zone

noun as in military area of war

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One of the fathers, Ostap, claimed that his son, after spending over 90 days in the combat zone, had a legal right to take leave.

I first met Michael in early May 2011, while I was in Washington on leave from the combat zone in Afghanistan.

I recognize that it's easier to criticize a battle plan from outside the combat zone.

Bales may have harbored hopes of getting out of the combat zone, perhaps by becoming a military recruiter, as Browne has said.

It is a disorienting shift, to put it mildly, to return home from a combat zone where people were actively trying to kill you.

The situation developed rapidly, probably because we had only six days before our scheduled departure into the combat zone.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to combat zone, such as: battlefront, battle zone, combat area, communications zone, firing line, and theater.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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