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buffer zone

noun

  1. a neutral zone or area between two potentially hostile nations, designed to prevent any overt acts of aggression.
  2. any area serving to mitigate or neutralize potential conflict.


buffer zone

noun

  1. an area lying between two states and providing each with protection from the other
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of buffer zone1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

The new plan creates a buffer zone between housing and industry and attempts to blunt gentrification with affordable housing policies.

It would have blocked new permits for oil and gas wells and required wells be surrounded by a 2,500-foot buffer zone.

Chester points to the Netherlands, where local governments created the Room for the River initiative to increase buffer zones around rivers and change the way flood-prone areas are used.

The Hanford Reach National Monument, in eastern Washington, is a wildlife refuge on a corner of the country’s biggest nuclear clean-up, where hikers can visit the buffer zone away from the test site.

The buffer zone would protect civilians, Syrian rebels, and Kurds against ISIS assaults.

Levin is calling for a Turkish buffer zone inside Syria, protected by a U.S.-led no fly zone.

The Kurds entered a buffer zone on the Turkish border and in the melee at least four protestor were wounded.

A 112-mile U.N. Buffer Zone, known as the Green Line, separates the two areas.

So maintaining a buffer zone ruled by the Kim dynasty satisfies all of Beijing's concerns.

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