English > combat area: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A military area where combat forces operate. |
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| Synonym | combat zone |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Part of | field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations | A region in which active military operations are in progress |
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| Narrower | bridgehead, foothold | An area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies |
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| 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) |
| Broader | zone | An area or region distinguished / distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic / characteristic |
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| Spanish | zona de combate |
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| Catalan | zona de combat |
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