COMBAT ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combat zone mean? 

• COMBAT ZONE (noun)
  The noun COMBAT ZONE has 2 senses:

1. a city district known for its vice and high crime rate

2. a military area where combat forces operate

  Familiarity information: COMBAT ZONE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMBAT ZONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city district known for its vice and high crime rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

combat zone; tenderloin

Hypernyms ("combat zone" is a kind of...):

city district (a district of a town or city)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A military area where combat forces operate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

combat area; combat zone

Hypernyms ("combat zone" is a kind of...):

zone (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combat zone"):

war zone (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))

bridgehead; foothold (an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies)

Holonyms ("combat zone" is a part of...):

field; field of operations; theater; theater of operations; theatre; theatre of operations (a region in which active military operations are in progress)