English words for 'war zone'
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noun
noun
- A region where war is ongoing.
- 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)
- A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.
adj
noun
adj
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noun
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
verb
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- the art of writing and producing plays
- (US) A cinema.
- (countable) A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
- (medicine) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
- A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
- Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
- (figurative, derogatory, often following a noun used attributively) A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.
- Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
- A lecture theatre.
noun
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- the art of writing and producing plays
- (Canada, South Asia, rarely Australia, New Zealand) A cinema; movie theatre.
- (chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of theater.
noun
- a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
- (computing) A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN.
- (military) An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)
noun
- (figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
- (vulgar) The vagina.
- (figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
- The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.
- The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
- (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
- (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
- (Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
- (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
- a pit for cockfights
- seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
- compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
noun
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
verb
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
adj
noun
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- (military) A neutral area that is located between hostile forces, and is designed to prevent hostilities.
- (figurative) A conceptual space between two things.
- (US) A transitional area between areas of different land use.
- Synonym of bubble zone (“a perimeter around an abortion facility”).
adv
adj
- Relating to war.
- Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
- Relating to armies or ground forces.
- (Canada, US) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
- associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians
- characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
- of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
noun
verb
- pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
- enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
- pass into or through by filtering or permeating
- cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
- (transitive, military) To send (soldiers, spies, etc.) through gaps in the enemy line.
- (intransitive, of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body.
- (transitive) To cause (a liquid) to pass through something by filtration.
- (transitive) To cause to penetrate in this way.
- (ambitransitive, medicine) To invade or penetrate a tissue or organ.
- (ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
- (ambitransitive, of a liquid) To pass through something by filtration.
noun
verb
- pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
- cause to move through
- make a passage or journey from one place to another
- Synonym of infiltrate.
- To undergo; to experience.
- To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
- To make something move through something else.
noun
noun
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- An area around the end of a bridge.
- (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
- (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
- (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
noun
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
- a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
- an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
- (climbing) A solid grip with the feet.
- (by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
- (military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.
noun
- (military) The ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted.
- an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies
- (medicine, anatomy) The fibrous sheath of the flexor tendons of the hand, specifically in the zone from the distal palmar crease to the proximal interphalangeal joint.
- Land that is not claimed by any recognized sovereign state; a terra nullius.
- (nautical) A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular for which to care.
- The part of a prison, hospital complex, etc. where individuals are not normally allowed to enter.
- (cricket) An area of the field where a fielder cannot save a single, nor stop a boundary.
- (figurative) A place where no one can or should be present.
- (historical) Tracts of uninhabited territory close to the Iron Curtain.
- (tennis) The area between the backcourt and the space close to the net, from which it is difficult to return the ball.
- The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.
- land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)
- the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
noun
- An area where fighting or hostilities are likely to erupt.
- An apparatus for growing crystals at very hot temperatures.
- (firefighting) An area to which access is restricted because it is contaminated with radiation or a chemical or biological biohazard.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, zone.
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verb
noun
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
- (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- Alternative form of mien.
- excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
pron
verb
- (ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
- (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- (slang) To pick one's nose.
- (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
- (by extension, figurative) To tap into.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- get from the earth by excavation
- lay mines
noun
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
verb
adj
- (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- moving forward
- at or near or directed toward the front
- used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
- of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
adv
- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- Into the future.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- forward in time or order or degree
- near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
- at or to or toward the front; forward
- toward the future; forward in time
- in a forward direction
noun
- (rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
- (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).
- (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
verb
- (transitive) To advance, promote.
- (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- (intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.
- send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
noun
- the line along which warring troops meet
- (military) The notional line on either side of which opposing forces are arrayed, and at which they meet in battle; a fortified line, short of the line where battle is expected, and behind which forces are arrayed; a forward line of infantry or other force, prepared for battle.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) Any of those parts of a contest which, as a result of strategic decisions on both sides, are most closely fought and will likely determine the contest's course and outcome.
- (military, navy) A line of battle.
noun
- (military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
- (originally US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
- (by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
- a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
- a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
adj
- involved in military hostilities
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- having services contracted for
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
verb
noun
- (military) The area of engagement where an attack on the enemy is focused and which has the highest percentage of fatalities.
- an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
- (military) Such an area defined by drone warfare.
- The area of the chest and abdomen where a bullet is most likely to kill its target.
- A position where someone is facing a deadly attack.
noun
- a region in which explosives mines have been placed
- (figuratively, by extension) A matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.
- An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.
- A quiz that terminates when the test-taker answers a question incorrectly.
- (cricket) A pitch that has dried out and crumbled and on which the ball is bouncing and spinning unpredictably.
noun
noun
- A region where war is ongoing.
- 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)
- A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.
noun
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
verb
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- the art of writing and producing plays
- (US) A cinema.
- (countable) A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
- (medicine) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
- A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
- Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
- (figurative, derogatory, often following a noun used attributively) A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.
- Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
- A lecture theatre.
noun
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- the art of writing and producing plays
- (Canada, South Asia, rarely Australia, New Zealand) A cinema; movie theatre.
- (chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of theater.
noun
- a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
- (computing) A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN.
- (military) An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)
noun
- (figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
- (vulgar) The vagina.
- (figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
- The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.
- The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
- (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
- (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
- (Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
- (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
- a pit for cockfights
- seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
- compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
noun
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
verb
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
adj
noun
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- (military) A neutral area that is located between hostile forces, and is designed to prevent hostilities.
- (figurative) A conceptual space between two things.
- (US) A transitional area between areas of different land use.
- Synonym of bubble zone (“a perimeter around an abortion facility”).
noun
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- An area around the end of a bridge.
- (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
- (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
- (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
noun
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
- a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
- an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
- (climbing) A solid grip with the feet.
- (by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
- (military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.
noun
- (military) The ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted.
- an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies
- (medicine, anatomy) The fibrous sheath of the flexor tendons of the hand, specifically in the zone from the distal palmar crease to the proximal interphalangeal joint.
- Land that is not claimed by any recognized sovereign state; a terra nullius.
- (nautical) A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular for which to care.
- The part of a prison, hospital complex, etc. where individuals are not normally allowed to enter.
- (cricket) An area of the field where a fielder cannot save a single, nor stop a boundary.
- (figurative) A place where no one can or should be present.
- (historical) Tracts of uninhabited territory close to the Iron Curtain.
- (tennis) The area between the backcourt and the space close to the net, from which it is difficult to return the ball.
- The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.
- land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)
- the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
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- An area where fighting or hostilities are likely to erupt.
- An apparatus for growing crystals at very hot temperatures.
- (firefighting) An area to which access is restricted because it is contaminated with radiation or a chemical or biological biohazard.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, zone.
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- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
- (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- Alternative form of mien.
- excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
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- (ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
- (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- (slang) To pick one's nose.
- (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
- (by extension, figurative) To tap into.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- get from the earth by excavation
- lay mines
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- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
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- the line along which warring troops meet
- (military) The notional line on either side of which opposing forces are arrayed, and at which they meet in battle; a fortified line, short of the line where battle is expected, and behind which forces are arrayed; a forward line of infantry or other force, prepared for battle.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) Any of those parts of a contest which, as a result of strategic decisions on both sides, are most closely fought and will likely determine the contest's course and outcome.
- (military, navy) A line of battle.
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- (military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
- (originally US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
- (by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
- a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
- a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
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- (military) The area of engagement where an attack on the enemy is focused and which has the highest percentage of fatalities.
- an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
- (military) Such an area defined by drone warfare.
- The area of the chest and abdomen where a bullet is most likely to kill its target.
- A position where someone is facing a deadly attack.
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- a region in which explosives mines have been placed
- (figuratively, by extension) A matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.
- An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.
- A quiz that terminates when the test-taker answers a question incorrectly.
- (cricket) A pitch that has dried out and crumbled and on which the ball is bouncing and spinning unpredictably.
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- pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
- enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
- pass into or through by filtering or permeating
- cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
- (transitive, military) To send (soldiers, spies, etc.) through gaps in the enemy line.
- (intransitive, of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body.
- (transitive) To cause (a liquid) to pass through something by filtration.
- (transitive) To cause to penetrate in this way.
- (ambitransitive, medicine) To invade or penetrate a tissue or organ.
- (ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
- (ambitransitive, of a liquid) To pass through something by filtration.
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- pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
- cause to move through
- make a passage or journey from one place to another
- Synonym of infiltrate.
- To undergo; to experience.
- To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
- To make something move through something else.
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- Relating to war.
- Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
- Relating to armies or ground forces.
- (Canada, US) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
- associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians
- characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
- of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
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- (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- moving forward
- at or near or directed toward the front
- used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
- of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
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- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- Into the future.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- forward in time or order or degree
- near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
- at or to or toward the front; forward
- toward the future; forward in time
- in a forward direction
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- (rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
- (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).
- (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
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- (transitive) To advance, promote.
- (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- (intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.
- send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
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- involved in military hostilities
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- having services contracted for
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.