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Definition of Danger zone
1. Noun. A dangerous area.
Definition of Danger zone
1. Noun. A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) the genitals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Danger Zone
Literary usage of Danger zone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States in the World War by John Bach McMaster (1918)
"A mayor keeps the people of his city out of the danger zone during a riot.
Can oar Government afford to do less when the world is in ..."
2. The Last Million: How They Invaded France--and England by Ian Hay (1919)
"This is not a very arduous task, for we are not in the danger zone at present.
Indeed, a good deal of this sentry's time appears to be spent in gazing over ..."
3. Aerodynamics: Constituting the First Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight by Frederick William Lanchester (1908)
"... in other words by the length of its tail, and the theoretical form of the
curve ceases to hold good. § 39. Unstable Conditions. The danger zone on the ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"A Virtual Embargo American vessels plying to ports which can only be reached by
traversing the danger zone have almost all been held up, thus causing ..."
5. Business Statistics by Melvin Thomas Copeland (1917)
"THE danger zone IN STORE KEEPING ' BY WS ZIMMERMAN " TAKE a $200 mark-down on
that gold bag; reduce this bracelet $20." In the half-darkness which follows ..."
6. The War Diary of a Diplomat by Lee Meriwether (1919)
"No doubt the situation has been bettered, but complaint is now made that a number
of rich men have bought small houses in the non-danger zone, ..."
7. Industrial Mexico: 1919 Facts and Figures by Philip Harvey Middleton (1919)
"Trip through the danger zone. Southern lines. Equipment in service. IT is an
unfortunate fact that the principal items of news from Mexico are reports of ..."
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