adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
impose/declare martial law
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The government may declare martial law in response to the latest violence in the region.
martial art
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a martial arts expert
martial law
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The government may declare martial law in response to the latest violence in the region.
martial law...lifted (= ended )
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In May, martial law was lifted in most areas.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
art
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He cleaned houses, hustled for bit parts in movies and taught martial arts in a garage.
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Recommended to only the most undiscriminating martial arts fans.
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All the martial arts , hard and soft, aim at a non-aggressive state of harmony.
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Chow Yun Fat stars as a master of the Wudan school of martial arts .
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Angel One was saved only by his superb reflexes, honed by years of martial arts training.
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Q: If you had to choose between acting and martial arts which would you choose?
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And reports of taichi's beneficial effects on senior citizens in San Francisco brought this ancient martial art nation-wide acclaim.
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When I was young, I loved martial arts .
artist
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Whatever the reason, once the journey on that path is commenced, the martial artist can travel down many avenues.
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He was an outstanding martial artist , recently winning the Pan-Am Cup in jiu jitsu.
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The emphasis here is on developing the front deltoid - excellent for martial artists .
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For martial artists it mattered less what form you studied than that you made it a way of life.
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Today's martial artists are constantly looking at other forms of combat technique in order to broaden and improve their own fighting methods.
law
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In mid-1990, martial law was formally lifted but the security clamp down remains currently in force.
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Opposition leaders are afraid to give Milosevic the pretext to use more brutality and proclaim martial law or something along those lines.
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The foreign minister, Stan Mudenge, has previously said that sanctions could lead to the imposition of martial law .
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On September 21, he exceeded his instructions by proclaiming martial law .
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Reports earlier in the month suggested that the government had already planned to impose a period of martial law .
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Troops were deployed in Kwangju at midnight on May 17, just as Chun was declaring nationwide martial law .
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Husayn suspended the constitution, declared martial law , banned all political parties and arrested hundreds of politicians.
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The nuns' tales reveal that inhuman treatment was already standard practice before the declaration of martial law in March.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Angel One was saved only by his superb reflexes, honed by years of martial arts training.
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He'd heard rumours that the military were planning to declare martial law.
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He means our martial law troops should completely finish their task of clearing the square before sunup.
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It was the biggest demonstration since the lifting of martial law in 1988, and was estimated by police to number 10,000.
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Recommended to only the most undiscriminating martial arts fans.
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The notion of apprenticeship as an almost religious vocation survives best, oddly, in martial arts movies like Bloodsport on Showtime.
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Troops were deployed in Kwangju at midnight on May 17, just as Chun was declaring nationwide martial law.