dead zone
noun/ˈded zəʊn/
/ˈded zəʊn/
- a place or a period of time in which nothing happens
- The town is a cultural dead zone.
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- an area that separates two places, groups of people, etc.
- The UN is trying to maintain a dead zone between the warring groups.
- a place where a mobile phone does not work because no signal can be received
- (biology) an area of water in which animals cannot live because there is not enough oxygen
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