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a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war)

1. : a zone in which belligerents are conducting hostile operations during a war

2. : a designated area especially on the high seas within which rights of neutrals are not respected by a belligerent nation in time of war

(during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.

[1915-20]

war zone UK US noun [countable] [singular war zone plural war zones]

an area where people are fighting a war

Thesaurus: places where war and fighting take place_hyponym