invading army
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinvadeandarmy
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invade
verb
uk/ɪnˈveɪd/us/ɪnˈveɪd/
to enter a country by force with large numbers of soldiers in order to take possession ...
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army
noun
uk/ˈɑː.mi/us/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofinvadeandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Even when exposed directly to aninvadingarmy, women were often expected to act simply as objective recorders of events for an absent male audience.
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There, air power, even with complete command of the air, was not able of itself to hold back theinvadingarmy.
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It was thought that there had been an invasion and that theinvadingarmywould no doubt institute some kind of military rule.
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Any futureinvadingarmymust be aware that it will be brought to book and that "superior orders" is no defence.
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I notice he has also included them, at a strength of 60,000, among the 410,000 who are going to eat up aninvadingarmy.
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In the case of land warfare aninvadingarmyclaims and exercises the right to close the roads and holds the railways.
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We never train our men to fight upon the very places which we know would only be chosen by aninvadingarmy.
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Inflation destroys nations and society like aninvadingarmy.
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He assumes that aninvadingarmywould bring with them everything that an army could possibly want.
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In a few moments transports and lighters, laden with troops of theinvadingarmy, are speeding towards their destination.
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The only other defensive use is to convoy aninvadingarmy.
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Once that threat had receded there was no justification for aninvadingarmy.
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That is a considerable force for aninvadingarmyto encounter.
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Now the difficulty of bringing over aninvadingarmyincreases at a greater ratio than its numerical proportion.
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That is to say, by effective occupation of all the means of com- munication aninvadingarmyprevents the trade of the country which is invaded.
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It is one-third under illegal rule backed by aninvadingarmy, and that third has now illegally declared its independence as a sovereign state, which is impossible.
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When a city was burned by aninvadingarmy, it would cause the destruction of most artifacts, but would cause the bullae to be preserved.
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When his homeworld was under threat from aninvadingarmy, he was tasked with creating an army of super-soldiers to fight them.
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They offered stubborn resistance to theinvadingarmy.
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