military intervention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmilitaryandintervention
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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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intervention
noun
uk/ˌɪn.təˈven.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈven.ʃən/
the action of becoming intentionally involved in a difficult situation, in order to improve it or prevent it from ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandinterventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Yet in 1933 he knew better than to make overt threats ofmilitaryintervention.
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This consideration dictated thatmilitaryinterventionmust be of the briefest duration possible.
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Militaryinterventionis not acceptable.
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Is anyone suggestingmilitaryintervention?
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Nobody is suggestingmilitaryintervention.
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What wouldmilitaryinterventionachieve?
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Furthermore, it is important that military political research is not limited solely to periods ofmilitaryinterventionand activism.
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While international pressures and conditionality may constrainmilitaryintervention, the carrots are often small, and the sticks weak.
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The 1980militaryinterventionled to further strengthening of the military's role in the decision-making process.
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We do not wantmilitaryintervention.
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Militaryinterventionis not the answer.
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I am talking ofmilitaryintervention.
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Themilitaryinterventionis fully justified.
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Therefore, talks aboutmilitaryinterventionare nonsense.
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Negotiations are alternated with forcefulmilitaryintervention.
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Militaryinterventionwill not achieve that.
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In that situationmilitaryinterventionbecame inevitable.
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How much did themilitaryinterventioncost?
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None of us wantsmilitaryintervention.
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We are talking not only in terms ofmilitaryintervention.
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That is the use of force without directmilitaryintervention.
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Militaryinterventionby ground troops would be practical and honourable.
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Neither air strikes normilitaryinterventionwill solve the problem.
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This in turn would drift into directmilitaryintervention.
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Militaryintervention, after all, is an electoral risk.
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