war zone

See also: warzone

English

Noun

war zone (plural war zones)

1. A region where war is ongoing.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

     He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].

2. A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
3. By extension, any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.

Translations

region of ongoing war

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: зо́на вайско́вых дзе́янняў f, зо́на баявы́х дзе́янняў f
• Burmese: ပဋိပက္ခဒေသ (pa.ti.pakhka.desa.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰區／战区 (zh) (zhànqū)

• Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: krigszone (da) c, kampzone (da) c
• Dutch: oorlogsgebied (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sotatoimialue
• French: théâtre d’opération m, zone de guerre f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kriegsgebiet (de) n
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: zona di guerra f
• Japanese: 交戦地帯 (こうせんち​たい, kōsen chitai)
• Khmer: តំបន់សង្គ្រាម (tɑmbɑn sɑngkriəm)
• Korean: 교전 지역(交戰地域) (gyojeon jiyeok)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: kauhanga riri
• Polish: strefa wojny f, strefa wojenna f
• Portuguese: zona de guerra f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: зо́на вое́нных де́йствий f (zóna vojénnyx déjstvij), зо́на боевы́х де́йствий f (zóna bojevýx déjstvij)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: zona de guerra f
• Swedish: krigszon (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: зо́на військови́х дій f (zóna vijsʹkovýx dij), зо́на бойови́х дій f (zóna bojovýx dij)
• Vietnamese: vùng chiến sự, chiến trường (vi)