单词 | free-fire zone |
释义 | > as lemmasfree-fire zone attributive. Designating an area in which military forces are authorized to fire on any target without obtaining prior clearance; chiefly in free-fire zone. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1965 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 11 Aug. 6/2 Whole areas..are known as ‘free fire zones’. US and South Vietnamese planes drop their bombs on these areas knowing that the Viet Cong are there. 1977 B. Freemantle Charlie Muffin i. 7 The open-spaced, free-fire area leading to Checkpoint Charlie. 1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Feb. a5 The large foyer outside the Commons chamber has been a free-fire zone where journalists and politicians ‘scrum’. 2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare ii. 31 Battlefields were called ‘free fire zones’ in which anything that moved could be shot at. < as lemmas |
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