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Definition of Combat zone
1. Noun. A city district known for its vice and high crime rate.
2. Noun. A military area where combat forces operate.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Zone
Group relationships: Field, Field Of Operations, Theater, Theater Of Operations, Theatre, Theatre Of Operations
Specialized synonyms: War Zone, Bridgehead, Foothold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Combat Zone
Literary usage of Combat zone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"The second zone is called the great combat zone, ... but to attract the enemy
into the great combat zone after having weakened him as much as possible in ..."
2. Airlift Doctrine by Charles Edward Miller (1988)
"Airlift of Army supplies, equipment, personnel and units from exterior points to
points within the combat zone. b. Airlift for the evacuation of personnel ..."
3. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"See also combat area; communications zone. combat zone—(NATO) 1. ... The rear
combat zone, usually comprising the territory between the corps rear boundary ..."
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