dropzone

dropzone

See also: drop zone

English

Etymology

drop +‎ zone

Noun

dropzone (plural dropzones)

1. The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
   • 1979, Michael Hickey, Out of the Sky: A History of Airborne Warfare

     […] he and his men were dropped inaccurately and came down over a mile from their appointed dropzone.

   • 1998, Stephen R Taaffe, MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign

     Hand-to-hand fighting ensued as Americans and Japanese struggled for possession of the AAF dropzones that supplied the Southern Force with rations […]

   • 2003, Kenneth J Conboy, Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces

     Dropzones east of the town were quickly ruled out because of the rugged high ground in between, ruining the element of surprise […]