Slum and Zone

Slum

Slum noun - A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

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Zone and slum are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Zone" instead a noun "Slum".

Zone noun - A broad geographical area.

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Slum and zone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slum" instead a noun "Zone".

Nearby Words: zoned, zoning, zonal

full	full slum	full zone
original	original slum	original zone
single	single slum	single zone
actual	actual slum	actual zone
Other adjectives: entire, real, massive, big, huge, main, gigantic, local, urban.

Pretty much any slum, urban war zone, or disaster area with billboards will fall into this trope.

Source: Ad Dissonance
Forbidden Zone: Simply labelled as such, it's a hazardous slum of Robotropolis where the wizard Lazaar rested.

Source: Western Animation / Sonic SatAM
Forbidden Zone: Outside the city is a slum whose residence are shot on sight for attempting to enter.

Source: Film / Automata

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