dropzone

See also: drop zone

English

Alternative forms

• drop zone

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 […]

Further reading

• “drop zone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “drop zone”, in Collins English Dictionary.