Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

death zone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
death -zone
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of death zone.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by Swiss physician and alpinist Edouard Wyss-Dunant in 1953 as lethal zone.

Inflected Forms

death zones (plural)

Phrases

Armstrong line dead zone Kármán line kill zone

Frequently Paired Words

Armstrong line dead zone Kármán line kill zone

Synonyms

lethal zone

Questions

What does death zone mean?
An area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.
Where does death zone come from?
Coined by Swiss physician and alpinist Edouard Wyss-Dunant in 1953 as lethal zone.

How to pronounce death zone

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