friendly territory

collocation in English

meaningsoffriendlyandterritory

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friendly
adjective
uk
/ˈfrend.li/us
/ˈfrend.li/
behaving in a pleasant, kind way ...
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territory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈter.ə.tɔːr.i/
(an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country ...
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(Definition offriendlyandterritoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffriendly territory

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However, it was an unopposed landing infriendlyterritory, and that makes a great difference.
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We need a base infriendlyterritoryand not in a hostile territory.
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I am not happy about bases which are not on completelyfriendlyterritorytied to us by treaty.
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Is not the radius of action of this reconnaissance-strike aircraft such that for all practical purposes it covers onlyfriendlyterritory?
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Thirty escapees eventually managed to reachfriendlyterritory.
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The player may also move their army into an adjacentfriendlyterritorybefore launching a scenario.
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Just 2,000 troops out of 10,000 returning tofriendlyterritory.
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His gasoline giving out, he was forced to land and managed to land withinfriendlyterritory.
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Birch went to meet them, assisting them and directing them tofriendlyterritory.
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Casey thwarted his teammates and personally dragged them back tofriendlyterritoryfor court-martial.
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Pilots flew proficiency flights, training in formation flying, patrols and in air combat being on the schedule each day the weather permitted, although all flying was performed infriendlyterritory.
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The task done, the pilot would fly tofriendlyterritoryif possible or parachute from the plane, hopefully to be picked up by one of the escort vessels.
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The aircraft, by now overfriendlyterritory, became more and more difficult to control; it was losing height steadily.
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