relief operation

collocation in English

meaningsofreliefandoperation

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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition ofreliefandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are carrying thereliefoperation.
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Thereliefoperationis going well.
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One hopes that thisreliefoperationwill be making headway.
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This phase of thereliefoperationis now over.
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This says nothing of the resources brought in or exchanged by other aspects of thereliefoperationor by refugees and aid workers.
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It is the difference between what is a warlike operation and a humanitarianreliefoperationand when a humanitarian relief operation suddenly becomes a warlike operation.
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Access to those in need is vital to thereliefoperation.
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Will he, therefore, consider the need for an immediatereliefoperationthere?
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They involved a cease-fire and mounting a massivereliefoperationduring the cease-fire period.
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I have no doubt that anyreliefoperationwill give priority to the treatment of cholera.
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Obviously the deployment is short-term to meet the immediate need to protect thereliefoperation.
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As the flood water subsides, thereliefoperationwill move into a second phase.
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I can sum up the pattern of thereliefoperationin this way.
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Gradually, the emergenscyreliefoperationwill phase itself into a rehabilitation and resettlement programme.
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It is vital that all parties to the conflict allow thisreliefoperationto proceed without hindrance.
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An immediate dispatch of essential and specialist stores and personnel might have made a significant difference to thereliefoperation.
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At one end of the spectrum, this might involve logistic or medical support to a disasterreliefoperation.
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No one would wish to take such action lightly, not least because of its implications for the humanitarianreliefoperation.
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This presents to all of us a much more difficult prospect than the undertaking of a straightforwardreliefoperation.
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We are also grateful to our own forces who have worked hard in making theirreliefoperationa success.
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There will be need for a huge, immediatereliefoperation, and the scale of longer-term reconstruction will be enormous.
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By the beginning of this month, about 1½ million people were being fed by thereliefoperation.
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The first phase of thereliefoperation, involving rescue and evacuation of people stranded by flood water is still ongoing.
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The immediatereliefoperationis of great importance and it is being conducted with skill and determination.
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How many aircraft and helicopters have we mobilised for areliefoperation, and how many did we mobilise during the war?
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