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dropzone en · NOUN

Etymology

From drop + zone.

Meanings

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

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