demilitarized zone

noun

an area in which it is forbidden to station military forces or maintain military installations.
Informal. any area, place, or circumstance in which conflicts or hostilities are held in abeyance. : DMZ

First recorded in 1930–35

South Korean activists are already planning to loft them over the Demilitarized Zone in balloons.

South Korea originally wanted up to 1,000 of the robots to man the Demilitarized Zone, at up to $200,000 each.

Senator Marco Rubio, on his trip to Southeast Asia, visited the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

Such contacts often took place at what is known as the “truce village” on the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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