legitimate target

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateandtarget

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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target
noun
uk
/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us
/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandtargetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate target

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It follows that any approach that strays into moderate contextualism becomes alegitimatetargetfor their minimalist objections.
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He is already one of the parties and is alegitimatetargetfor industrial action.
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That is in bad taste, that is alegitimatetargetfor our criticism.
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I believe that that is alegitimatetarget.
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I accept that investment is alegitimatetargetfor the whole community, including the private sector.
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She sees local authorities as alegitimatetarget.
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They found the ship to be carrying a cargo of oil, alegitimatetarget.
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What is alegitimatetargetis obviously a grey area.
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I have stated that when a ship goes alongside a dock which is alegitimatetargetof attack, it is almost impossible to find means of protecting that ship.
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That is alegitimatetargetfor the corporate management to try to bring in, in the light of the new order.
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The whole of the red zone is alegitimatetargetand it should enjoy all our attention.
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Those four elements are a threat to the region's future security and are a perfectlylegitimatetargetin the event of armed hostilities.
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I am concerned about the culture in modern society, some of whose members see the system as alegitimatetarget.
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They are alegitimatetarget.
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They are alegitimatetargetfor tobacco companies in persuading their customers to choose one brand rather than another.
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That dump was a perfectlylegitimatetarget.
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We cannot change overnight the culture of dependency or the view that the benefit system is alegitimatetargetfor theft.
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It is impossible to find means of protecting them when they are lying alongside something which the whole world admits is alegitimatetargetfor attack.
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This made shippinglegitimatetargetof attack by submarine.
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In particular, there were those who believed that in failing to fulfill the terms of his absolution, he remained technically excommunicate and therefore alegitimatetargetof assassination.
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