open city
English edit
Noun edit
open city (plural open cities)
- (military, international law) A city which has announced it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of the imminent capture.
- 1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 127:
- “You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.”
Translations edit
city which has abandoned defensive efforts
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