punitive expedition

collocation in English

meaningsofpunitiveandexpedition

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punitive
adjective
uk
/ˈpjuː.nɪ.tɪv/us
/ˈpjuː.nə.t̬ɪv/
lawformalorspecialized
intended as ...
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expedition
noun
uk
/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.ən/
an organized journey for a ...
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(Definition ofpunitiveandexpeditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpunitive expedition

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Reports of growing arms smuggling led to anotherpunitiveexpeditionin 1911, resulting in the creation of the first outpost.
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I cannot imagine anything more likely to bring about apunitiveexpeditionthan the present state of things.
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Is it suggested that we should send apunitiveexpeditionup the river?
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Are we to have no means of getting to know about thispunitiveexpedition?
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There is a tendency to regard nationalisation as apunitiveexpeditionon private enterprise.
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When apunitiveexpeditionwent out in the past, it was able to clear out of the villages the women and children.
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We could no doubt have sent apunitiveexpeditionand have undertaken the duty of policing the road and restoring at least a superficial semblance of order.
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At this point, diplomatic pressure proved a failure so as was typical of the time; apunitiveexpeditionwas decided on.
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Conflicts during the king's reign made him consider apunitiveexpeditionto the west against them.
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What had begun as a minorpunitiveexpeditionhad turned into a long, bitter and costly war.
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But later he surrendered, as he received news about the extent of the damage of thepunitiveexpedition.
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His replies were considered unacceptable, so a squadron was quickly gathered to mount apunitiveexpedition.
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He was sent in 1905 (though other sources say this occurred in 1908) on apunitiveexpedition.
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We have asked our government to dispatch punitive expeditions.
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Apunitiveexpeditionwas defeated.
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Edward, however, soon began to see it as a war of conquest rather than just apunitiveexpeditionto put down a rebellion.
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The burning of villages during punitive expeditions was sometimes thought to have assumed 'dimensions disproportionate to the exigencies of the situation'.
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Brown described this as further exploration, but most scholars now agree that the evidence points to apunitiveexpedition.
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