dropping zone

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dropping zone - an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops

drop zone

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

zone - an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

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