open city en · NOUN
Meanings
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(qualifier:international law) A city which has announced (during wartime) that it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of its imminent capture.
“You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.”
1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 127:
- (qualifier:dictatorships) A city that (during peacetime) is not heavily restricted regarding ingress and egress because it does not contain militarily sensitive facilities or extensive defense industrial plant.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| open cities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (7)
de offene Stadt (city which has abandoned defensive efforts) · cmn 不設防城市 /不设防城市 (city which has abandoned defensive efforts) · fr ville ouverte (city which has abandoned defensive efforts) · pt cidade aberta (city which has abandoned defensive efforts) · hu nyílt város (city which has abandoned defensive efforts) · it città aperta (city which has abandoned defensive efforts) · es ciudad abierta (city which has abandoned defensive efforts)