combat zone

1. 1.

   a city district known for its vice and high crime rate

   Synonymstenderloin

   Broadercity district
2. 2.

   a military area where combat forces operate

   Synonymscombat area

   Broaderzone

   Narrowerwar zonebridgehead

   Part offield

   military

Questions about combat zone

What does combat zone mean?

combat zone means "a city district known for its vice and high crime rate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for combat zone?

Close synonyms include tenderloin, combat area. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combat zone a common word?

combat zone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.