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buffer zone

noun

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

buffer zone

noun

an area lying between two states and providing each with protection from the other

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Word History and Origins

Origin of buffer zone¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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The military has already seized land running along the entirety of the Palestinian territory's borders, which it has characterised as a buffer zone to prevent attacks.

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But now, the Israelis are moving well beyond the 150-square-mile buffer zone.

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It has also occupied a demilitarised buffer zone, set up after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and has sent forces onto the Syrian side of a nearby mountain, setting up nine bases across the area.

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A woman at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a "buffer zone" outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic.

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Israel has already significantly expanded a buffer zone around the edge of Gaza over the course of the war, and seized control of a corridor of land cutting through its centre.

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