dropzone

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Etymology

From drop +‎ zone.

Noun

dropzone (plural dropzones)

  1. The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
    • 1979, Michael Hickey, Out of the Sky: A History of Airborne Warfare:
      he and his men were dropped inaccurately and came down over a mile from their appointed dropzone.
    • 1998, Stephen R Taaffe, MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign:
      Hand-to-hand fighting ensued as Americans and Japanese struggled for possession of the AAF dropzones that supplied the Southern Force with rations
    • 2003, Kenneth J Conboy, Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces:
      Dropzones east of the town were quickly ruled out because of the rugged high ground in between, ruining the element of surprise

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