war zone
Example Sentences
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"It looked like a war zone," she told AFP.
From Barron's
Today, U.S.-based journalists are facing conditions that could one day mirror the war zones we’ve covered abroad.
From Los Angeles Times
“When I saw that black smoke, it took me back to the war time, it seemed like a war zone,” he explained.
From Los Angeles Times
But shipowners question how quickly the small agency can spin up insurance products for a war zone.
His gambit is that oil importers will pay sky-high rates to an owner willing to get crude out of the war zone.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.