theater of war

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Defined by the National Command Authorities or the geographic combatant commander, the area of air, land, and water that is, or may become, directly involved in the conduct of the war. A theater of war does not normally encompass the geographic combatant commander's entire area of responsibility and may contain more than one theater of operations. See also area of responsibility; theater of operations.

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theater of war - the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations

theatre of war

field of operations, theater of operations, theatre of operations, theatre, theater, field - a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"

zone of interior - the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations

region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"

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