powerful army

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerfulandarmy

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powerful
adjective
uk
/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You can stop war in this way: by having a verypowerfularmypeople may not attack you.
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You cannot talk about a democracy in any sense where apowerfularmyis controlled by the ruling classes.
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Immense armies were being demobilised; anotherpowerfularmywas being prepared and despatched to the other side of the globe.
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It might drive their stillpowerfularmyinto guerrrilla warfare.
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One reason is that he has such apowerfularmy.
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His verypowerfularmywas astonishingly inactive, not only in the hot season but through most of the cold.
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They have apowerfularmyof humans and are independent.
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Each dragon had spawned five adolescent dragons and recruited apowerfularmy.
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The nobles or "szlachta" became increasingly focused on guarding their own liberties and blocked any policies designed to strengthen the nation or build apowerfularmy.
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Ismail was successful in establishing economic and commercial development and organized apowerfularmy.
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We have seen great countries with powerful armies dashed out of coherent existence in a few weeks.
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There have been examples in certain parts of the world recently where very powerful armies have been unable to hold back people determined on a certain course of action.
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The remnants of what was one of the world's most powerful armies are returning in hopelessness and chaos up the valleys from which they had descended with boastful confidence.
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