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DMZ

abbr.

demilitarized zone

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DMZ

abbreviation for

(Military) demilitarized zone

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DMZ

demilitarized zone.

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Noun

DMZ - a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited; "tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea"

demilitarized zone

zone - an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

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DMZ

abbr of demilitarized zone → entmilitarisierte Zone

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He hadn't left his urban Seoul office for the duration of his military service, and it was his first trip to the DMZ. At the camp near Daeam Mountain, we met Second Lieutenant Kwon So-young, the 21st infantry division's public affairs officer.

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I also have trouble believing that Matthew would survive: the DMZ is portrayed as an interesting series of neighborhoods, but it's still a war-zone.

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Korea's DMZ is the sacred resting place of soldiers and other war victims.

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Currently, three million tourists per year, mostly Korean, flock to the DMZ, to witness the relic of cold war confrontation, not to mention copious amounts of barbed wire.

DMZ wildlife: the most fortified frontier in the world, Korea's Demilitarized Zone, (DMZ) is being touted by the (South) Korea National Tourism Organisation as a future destination for wildlife eco-tourism

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DMZ acquired the project for $652,000 in January 1999 from Robert and LuAnne Vogel, Robert Vogel Jr., Joe Vogel, Ronald and Nancy Hughes and David and Kaye Jones.