war zone

See also: warzone

English

Noun

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 [...].
A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
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 (zóna vajskóvyx dzéjannjaў), зо́на баявы́х дзе́янняў f (zóna bajavýx dzéjannjaў)
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 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)

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