drop zone (redirected from dropping zones)

drop zone

n.

The area into which soldiers or supplies are parachuted from an aircraft.

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A specific area upon which airborne troops, equipment, or supplies are airdropped. Also called DZ.

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Noun

1.

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