inhospitable terrain

collocation in English

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inhospitable
adjective
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/ˌɪn.hɒsˈpɪt.ə.bəl/us
/ˌɪn.hɑːˈspɪt̬.ə.bəl/
not welcoming or generous to people who ...
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terrain
noun[U]
uk
/təˈreɪn/us
/təˈreɪn/
an area of land, when considering its ...
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(Definition ofinhospitableandterrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Our forces must be deployable at short notice and in difficult andinhospitableterrain.
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Very little vegetation can be found on theinhospitableterrain.
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The area goes throughinhospitableterrainand severe climate changes.
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The owners tested both vehicles to their limits across the mostinhospitableterrain.
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He struggles overinhospitableterrain, learning to fight other dogs and wolves for his food.
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Once again, the signallers had to battle withinhospitableterrain.
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It is extremely difficult to extend high voltage transmission lines because of technical limitations in an area withinhospitableterrainand prohibitive cost.
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The route crosses major earthquake zones, and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat andinhospitableterrain, making it an extremely challenging engineering project.
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This was largely due to theinhospitableterrainand poor conditions, which also caused most of the early settlers to die of disease and starvation.
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The route crosses major earthquake zones, and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat, as well asinhospitableterrain, making it an extremely challenging engineering project.
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Gibraltar'sinhospitableterrainmade it an unpopular place to live.
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More than 2000 people have died in thisinhospitableterrain, mostly due to weather extremes and the natural hazards of mountain warfare.
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He had extended his communication and supply line over 450 miles ofinhospitableterrainby building small forts and pickets along the way.
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More than two engines were seen as a must for flight over long distances andinhospitableterrain, or over the ocean.
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These two families, in fear of the enemy, fled to theinhospitableterrain, which included only mountains and forests and to which there was no road.
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In the early part of 20th century the province was on a decline due to itsinhospitableterrainand poor accessibility.
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