asteroid field

collocation in English

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asteroid
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæs.tər.ɔɪd/us
/ˈæs.tə.rɔɪd/
one of many large rocks that circle ...
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field
noun
uk
/fiːld/us
/fiːld/
an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals, usually surrounded by ...
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(Definition ofasteroidandfieldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, in order to engage the child in the procedure, the experimenter told the child to pretend that s/he was an astronaut flying through anasteroidfield.
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When enough time expires, the player moves on to anasteroidfield, where the goal is simply to survive.
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The fifth part is set outside the satellite when anotherasteroidfieldapproaches.
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The player controls a spaceship in anasteroidfieldwhich is periodically traversed by flying saucers.
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After three planets there is a battle through anasteroidfieldand against a giant mothership.
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Below the mothership is anasteroidfieldand below that, the surface of the moon.
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The player must press the button to release their spacecraft from the mothership and manoeuvre through theasteroidfield.
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In both films, anasteroidfieldis the backdrop of a major star battle in the middle of the film.
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Ordinarily, anasteroidfieldor belt is unlikely to be so densely packed with large objects, because collisions reduce large objects to rubble.
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The gas giant had a rather largeasteroidfieldsurrounding it, in which it was possible to hide ships without them being easily discovered.
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Space travellers encounter many cosmic phenomena, such as a comet and several asteroid fields.
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Most space flight consists of navigating asteroid fields, although some sectors contain mines that must be destroyed.
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This huge imbalance caused many of the system's fellow planets also to catasclymically shatter into huge asteroid fields.
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Typically, players find asteroid fields, planets, stations, stargates, and moons in a system.
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The game has six long stages set in locations in space such as, above planets, inside enemy vessels or in asteroid fields.
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Each tile, or field, has a raw material associated with it; for example, open space contains hydrogen fuel, and asteroid fields contain ore.
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Asteroid fields can be mined for minerals.
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