internal displacement

collocation in English

meaningsofinternalanddisplacement

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internal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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displacement
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈspleɪs.mənt/us
/dɪˈspleɪs.mənt/
the situation in which people are forced to leave the place where they ...
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(Definition ofinternalanddisplacementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinternal displacement

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The fighting led to massiveinternaldisplacementin both countries as civilians fled the war zone.
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Theinternaldisplacementprogramme to return people to where they came from has faced massive problems.
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But they are precisely in the category of people who have suffered terrible repression andinternaldisplacement.
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The operation's direct target is the civilian population and has led to theinternaldisplacementof 150 000 people.
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Violence and fear have led to theinternaldisplacementof over 1 million people, with tens of thousands moving every night to find safety in the nearest town.
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The change in theinternaldisplacementas we move the mouse about a closed path on the mousepad is the torsion.
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The sustained levels of violence have caused massive infrastructural damage,internaldisplacement, and loss of property and lives.
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The functions were mainly associated with negotiations involving all those affected by or involved in refugee situations,internaldisplacementand repatriation operations.
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In 1991 alone, the conflict caused more than 7,000 deaths and theinternaldisplacementof 400,000600,000 people.
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Like many other cities in the region, it suffered from destruction andinternaldisplacementdue to a prolonged civil war in the 1980s.
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The fighting led to massiveinternaldisplacementin both countries as civilians fled the war zone.
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For example, even people of high intelligence can be underprepared if their education was disrupted, for example, byinternaldisplacementduring civil disorder or a war.
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Its population is difficult to estimate as it has changed greatly over the last 15 years due tointernaldisplacementcaused by civil war and the subsequent resettlement.
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