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> I think “no man’s land” is a pretty popular and similar expression.

No man's land is generic and is used in other non-combat scenarios, it could appear in an HOA pamphlet.

I like "dead man's zone" or "kill zone" as it clearly communicates both the contestation and lethality very clearly.

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During WW1, many bodies which remained in the zone between the trenches, unable to be removed, so it became an accurate description



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