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PRONUNCIATION OF FREE-FIRE ZONE

free-fire zone  [ˈfriːˈfaɪə zəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREE-FIRE ZONE

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Free-Fire zone is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FREE-FIRE ZONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Free-fire zone

A free-fire zone in U.S. military parlance is a fire control measure, used for coordination between adjacent combat units. The definition used in the Vietnam War by U.S. troops may be found in field manual FM 6-20: A specific designated area into which any weapon system may fire without additional coordination with the establishing headquarters.

Definition of free-fire zone in the English dictionary

The definition of free-fire zone in the dictionary is an area in which military forces consider themselves free to fire at any intruder.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FREE-FIRE ZONE


Azon
ˈeɪzəʊn
bizone
ˈbaɪˌzəʊn
Eurozone
ˈjʊərəʊˌzəʊn
hydrocortisone
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈkɔːtɪˌzəʊn
interzone
ˈɪntəˌzəʊn
ozone
ˈəʊzəʊn
phenylbutazone
ˌfiːnaɪlˈbjuːtəˌzəʊn
subzone
ˈsʌbˌzəʊn
Trizone
ˈtraɪˌzəʊn
warzone
ˈwɔːˌzəʊn
zone
zəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREE-FIRE ZONE

free-enterprise economy
free-floater
free-floating
free-floating anxiety
free-for-all
free-form
free-handed
free-handedly
free-handedness
free-hearted
free-heartedly
free-heartedness
free-liver
free-living
free-market economy
free-marketeer
free-range
free-range chicken
free-range egg
free-range poultry

WORDS THAT END LIKE FREE-FIRE ZONE

canzone
combat zone
comfort zone
danger zone
dead zone
disaster zone
drop zone
economic zone
end zone
enterprise zone
exclusion zone
exclusive economic zone
free zone
hot zone
in the zone
security zone
subduction zone
time zone
twilight zone
urban development zone
war zone

Synonyms and antonyms of free-fire zone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «free-fire zone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREE-FIRE ZONE

Find out the translation of free-fire zone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of free-fire zone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «free-fire zone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自由开火区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zona de tiro libre
570 millions of speakers

English

free-fire zone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुक्त फायर जोन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منطقة خالية من الحريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свободной зоны пожара
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zona de fogo livre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফায়ার-ফায়ার জোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zone de libre- feu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zon bebas api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Freifeuerzone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自由火災ゾーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자유 화재 영역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zona free-fire
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khu vực tự do lửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலவச தீ மண்டலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्री-फायर झोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Serbest ateş bölgesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zona di fuoco libero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Strefa wolnego ognia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вільної зони пожежі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zone de liber foc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελεύθερη ζώνη πυρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

free- vuur zone
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fri - brandzonen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

free- brannsone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of free-fire zone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FREE-FIRE ZONE»

The term «free-fire zone» is normally little used and occupies the 128.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FREE-FIRE ZONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about free-fire zone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREE-FIRE ZONE»

Discover the use of free-fire zone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to free-fire zone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Free-Fire Zone
Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him.
Chris Lynch, 2013
2
Free Fire Zone: A Playwright's Adventures on the Creative ...
Equally entertaining and doubly informative is Rebeck's tour-de-force Free Fire Zone... is edgy and fearless, in no small part because Rebeck so viscerally describes the experience of being a woman in a man's business-a place where one ...
Theresa Rebeck, 2007
3
Free Fire
Joe Pickett, recently fired from his job, is working his father's ranch when he receives a visit from the governor. He's got a special request - and one Joe knows that he can't refuse.
C.J. Box, C. J. Box, 2011
4
Vietnam #3: Free-Fire Zone
Chris Lynch. VIETNAM. =1300K THREE = FREE-FIRE. ZONE. E verything counts . That's the difference, here. That's the difference.
Chris Lynch, 2012
5
Radical Visions: Poetry by Vietnam Veterans
One way that the high command found to decrease American deaths ( theoretically) and "help" the soldiers tell which Vietnamese were friendly and which were Vietcong was the "free fire zone," which James Kunen has called an " existential ...
Vicente F. Gotera, 1994
6
Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney
... to kill anything that moves in an entire city, it is indeed difficult for civilians to understand this sort of “reasoning.” The NBC war correspondent Kevin Sites, embedded with the United 59 Chapter 3: THE "FREE FIRE ZONE" OF IRAQ.
Dennis Loo, Peter Phillips, 2011
7
Free Fire Zone
After returning home from Vietnam, a young man, Jan O'Neitt, struggles with the memories of his year as a medic with the U.S. Army, in a reflective account of the American experience in Vietnam
Rob Riggan, 1984
8
Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Army
208 FREE-FIRE ZONE Abraham Lincoln to replace him as commander of the Army of the Potomac* with Major General Ambrose Burnside.* Burnside's plan was to move toward Fredericksburg, Virginia, to threaten Richmond and force Lee to ...
Jerold E. Brown, 2001
9
The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary
Proceeding from this anecdote, we encounter a dual argument. First is the atrocity argument, which focuses on the "free fire zone" policy implemented by General Westmoreland. Senators Max Cleland and Bob Kerrey, Neil Sheehan, and other ...
Thomas W Benson, Brian J Snee, 2008
10
Walking Wounded: Memoir of a Combat Veteran
This is a free fire zone, over.” “Golf Two-two, this is Golf Two Actual. Hell no, what's wrong with you? Are they armed? Stand by, I'm coming up there now, over .” “No, sir, they're selling soda. They even got a tub full of ice, over.” When I reach  ...
Fred Tomasello Jr., 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREE-FIRE ZONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term free-fire zone is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Los Angeles to Chicago: What we did to combat murder and violence
The nightly gunfire sounded like a free-fire zone in Baghdad. Even youngsters were sometimes caught in the crossfire. During one bloody ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Guns and baseball, gay rights, the Manitou Incline, and more
In other words, you tell the world that a few thousand Americans get together in a wide-open, free-fire zone to sing the national anthem and ... «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»
3
PC Preview - 'Life is Feudal'
Unclaimed lands are considered a neutral, free-fire zone, and players can engage each other there in PvP. Since those neutral zones are also ... «WorthPlaying.com, Jul 15»
4
Generally, tighter gun laws mean higher homicide rates
... the school were not allowed to carry their city- mandated guns inside this “safety zone,” making the “safety zone” a free-fire zone for the killer. «Visalia Times-Delta, Jun 15»
5
UN Report on Israel's Summer 2014 Gaza War
All of Gaza was a free-fire zone. There were no safe havens - no place to hide. "At least 142 families lost three or more members in an attack on ... «The People's Voice, Jun 15»
6
Israeli Smear Campaign Against Forthcoming UN Report on Gaza War
Breaking the Silence former combat veterans explained Gaza is considered a "free-fire zone." Shoot anyone in sight, anything that moves, ... «The People's Voice, Jun 15»
7
Israeli Campaign Against Forthcoming UN Report on Gaza War
Breaking the Silence former combat veterans explained Gaza is considered a "free-fire zone." Shoot anyone in sight, anything that moves, ... «MWC News, Jun 15»
8
There's something rotten on campus
Of course, conservative students, professors, organizations and guest speakers have endured an on-campus free-fire zone for a long time. «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jun 15»
9
Martyred American nun could be the patron saint of the pope's eco …
Famous for wearing T-shirts, shorts, and a baseball cap as she made her way through what amounted to a free-fire zone, Sister Stang emerged ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Jun 15»
10
NYU drops its worries on rape
Lynn Tatum, a professor at Baylor, told The New York Times that “the perception in academia will be that Texas is a free-fire zone with yokels in ... «New York Post, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Free-Fire zone [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/free-fire-zone>. May 2024 ».
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