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buffer zone

NOUN
  1. a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict

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  • The Moroccan government claims to be acting constructively, but pretends that Western Sahara is not partitioned, and that the Polisario-controlled areas are a buffer zone in which the Polisario has no presence. Global Voices in English » Western Sahara: Landmine Injures Five During Peaceful Protest
  • He heads his article by saying that havens for wild life don't need buffer zones.
  • Do you really expect us to believe, as you say, that many people feel the buffer zone should be scrapped?
  • But then he said that the military, once that mission was completed, would also, would withdraw from the towns, but would return to what he called buffer zones, presumably within the West Bank, from which, he said, they would prevent the renewal of terror attacks against Israeli cities. CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2002
  • His solution was to edge the garden area with a dual-purpose wall to obscure the buffer zone from the house and provide a spot to sit and enjoy the views.
  • This year is the first since the health insurance scheme was instituted that the bureau has not allowed a two-month buffer zone during which cardholders can use their old cards.
  • Severe obesity represents a buffer zone between you and the world.
  • Fifteen existing villages of shifting cultivators, and mining settlements for gold, cassiterite and coltan were located in the west section of the Park, though neither they nor the indigenous pygmies were consulted when it was created; and several villages in the buffer zone, where the boundary had never been defined, were sources of conflict. Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • My main concern is that because the panhandle is so thin, there is very little in the way of a buffer zone separating Washington from Montana.
  • They also act as buffer zones, providing valuable passive solar energy gains that help offset the building's overall energy consumption.
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