Dropzone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.

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

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

Etymology

From drop + zone.

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