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Examples of free-fire zone in a Sentence
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The family’s village was in a free-fire zone, and in 1968 it was wiped off the map.
—George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
Many, perhaps most, in Medellin revile him as a homicidal fanatic who turned the town into a free-fire zone.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
The main highway from Lysychansk to Bakhmut, a city in Donetsk province about 30 miles to the southwest, was already a Russian free-fire zone a month ago, forcing residents and resupply convoys to take a back-country path to the area.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
In 1969, Tom Lacombe was an infantryman in Vietnam, working in a free-fire zone of the Central Highlands, south of An Khe.
—Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
The 46th president is lobbing a hand grenade of boring competence into a political free-fire zone.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2020
The clash between the heavily armed fighters and the security police turned the city into a free-fire zone, with residents cowering in cars and supermarkets.
—Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2019
It’s estimated that there were about 1 million to 2 million civilians killed in the war, according to the AP, and many of them were victims of free-fire zones.
—Christianna Silva, Teen Vogue, 16 Mar. 2018
The Committee was happy to see Top Commenter Charlie James bringing us some heartland wisdom concerning hunting in his comments about the free-fire zone that the Department of the Interior is creating in our national parks.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 25 Aug. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above
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“Free-fire zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-fire%20zone. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
free-fire zone
noun
: a combat area in which any moving thing is considered a target
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