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demilitarized zone
noun[ C ]
(UK usuallydemilitarised zone)uk /diːˌmɪl.ɪ.tər.aɪzd ˈzəʊn/(abbreviationDMZ)
an area of land from which countries or groups have agreed to remove military forces:
A demilitarised zone has been created on the border between the warring countries.
The meeting was aimed at restarting talks on the final details for declaring the demilitarized zone.
They see negotiations as a way of forcing the government to set up demilitarised zones in the east of the country.
In 2003, the UN removed the demilitarised zone between Iraq and Kuwait.
The two-and-a-half mile wide demilitarised zone (DMZ) runs from coast to coast for 150 miles.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stopping fighting
anti-militarist
anti-militaristic
armistice
arms
beat/turn swords into ploughsharesidiom
demilitarize
DMZ
drawdown
fall
fall back
lay
lay something down
non-combat
pacification
pacify
pull
pull back
surrender
truce
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