noun
an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops
• Syn: ↑dropping zone
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑zone
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an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or supplies are landed from aircraft for a military operation. Abbr.: DZ
[1940-45]
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drop zone noun
An area where troops or supplies are to be landed by parachute
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Main Entry: ↑drop
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drop zone,
an area set aside for troops or supplies to be dropped from aircraft.
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n. a designated area into which troops or supplies are dropped by parachute or in which skydivers land
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the area in which sb/sth should land after being dropped from an aircraft
Useful english dictionary. 2012.