military cemetery

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandcemetery

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military
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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cemetery
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsem.ə.tri/us
/ˈsem.ə.ter.i/
an area of ground in which dead bodies ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandcemeteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The condition of the flagstaff at thismilitarycemeterybecame dangerous during the severe winter of last year.
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The present arrangements are that when a soldier dies he is buried in amilitarycemeteryor plot near the place where he died.
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It is seldom necessary to move graves from a churchyard or other recognised burial ground into amilitarycemetery.
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There is also a largemilitarycemetery, most of which occupies the legionaries.
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It and any remains would be moved to amilitarycemetery.
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Binjai is also the site of a nationally importantmilitarycemetery.
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The memorial was placed within amilitarycemeterynear the theatre of operations.
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The packed lines of remembrance symbols in the separate plots can resemble a temporarymilitarycemetery.
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Several hospitals were set up for those wounded in the nearby fighting and, sadly, what was to become a hugemilitarycemetery.
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To the east of the park and accessed by a roadway closed to traffic is amilitarycemetery.
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Throughout its history it has also been extensively used as amilitarycemetery.
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Meigs ordered that an examination of eligible sites be made for the establishment for a large new nationalmilitarycemetery.
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He was buried in the unmarkedmilitarycemetery.
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A memorial to the fallen soldiers was constructed next to themilitarycemetery: a man and a woman from the kibbutz with a fighting soldier.
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It is a partly civilian partlymilitarycemetery.
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Does this apply only to military cemeteries, and will civilian graves in cemeteries of that kind receive the same attention?
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Military cemeteries do not really come under this arrangement at all.
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I understand that the conditions in the areas where the military cemeteries are situated do not admit of large numbers of visitors at the present time.
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In 1962, the remains of those interred on all other five military cemeteries on the island were transferred there.
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Tombs were often grouped in military cemeteries along the roads that led out of the camp.
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