kill zone
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The area of engagement where an attack on the enemy is focused and which has the highest percentage of fatalities.
noun
The area of engagement where an attack on the enemy is focused and which has the highest percentage of fatalities.
Example Sentences
- "You either kept distance or an obstacle between yourself and the engagement area, a buffer zone against the enemy's reaction from the kill zone."
- "We had to get out of the kill zone if at all possible. We were also told if a truck in front of us gets hit and will not move, not to stop, but to go around it and get out of the kill zone."
- "Wolff radioed Dressler that the Russian had been driven from the first kill zone and was close to being driven from the second kill zone."
- "If time is available, the ambush group may prepare the kill zone with obstacles, booby traps, mines or trip flares."
- "The American escort carriers turn south, passing right through what would have been 2nd Destroyer Division's kill zone. But, as a result of Kurita's orders, they, and their Long Lances, are still off to the north of the formation, looking for Kongō."
- "Near-synonyms: no man's land, no-man's land"