Definition of Demilitarized zone

1. Noun. A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited. "Tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea"

Exact synonyms: Dmz
Generic synonyms: Zone

Definition of Demilitarized zone

1. Noun. An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited ¹

2. Noun. (context: computing) A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demilitarized Zone

demijohns
demilance
demilancer
demilancers
demilances
demilitarisation
demilitarisations
demilitarise
demilitarised
demilitarises
demilitarising
demilitarization
demilitarizations
demilitarize
demilitarized
demilitarized zone (current term)
demilitarizes
demilitarizing
demilune
demilune body
demilunes
demiman
demimen
demimondaines
demimondes
deminatured
demine
demined

Literary usage of Demilitarized zone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The U. N. Role in the Persian Gulf and Iraqi Compliance with U. N. Resolutions by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"DETERRENT EFFECTIVENESS OF UNIKOM MISSION IN PROTECTING demilitarized zone The UNIKOM mission is prohibited from taking physical action to prohibit military ..."

2. Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam by Peter Dorland, James S. Nanney (1982)
"The northern zone, or I Corps Zone, which ran from the demilitarized zone down to Kontum and Binh Dinh provinces, consisted almost entirely of high ..."

3. Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East; Alternative Strategies by Masahiro Murakami (1995)
"Jisr Banat Yaqub (Hebrew: Gesher Bnot Yaacov), the targeted diversion point for the large-scale Israeli project, was located in the demilitarized zone ..."

4. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"Nothing about the mission was new to the men in his team. They had been on dozens of patrols in the hilly country north of Hue near the demilitarized zone. ..."

5. Guide to U.S. Army Museums by R. Cody Phillips (1997)
"Two additional galleries discuss Korean culture and its early history and the American presence along the demilitarized zone following the cessation of open ..."

6. Korea on the Brink: From the "12/12" Incident to the Kwangju Uprising, 1979-1980 by John Adams Wickham (1999)
"I went to a ROK infantry division that was stationed on the demilitarized zone, in the mountains northwest of Seoul, very near the Chorwon valley. ..."

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