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COMBAT AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combat area mean? 

COMBAT AREA (noun)
  The noun COMBAT AREA has 1 sense:

1. a military area where combat forces operateplay

  Familiarity information: COMBAT AREA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMBAT AREA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A military area where combat forces operate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

combat area; combat zone

Hypernyms ("combat area" is a kind of...):

zone (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combat area"):

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))

bridgehead; foothold (an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies)

Holonyms ("combat area" is a 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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