military necessity

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandnecessity

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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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necessity
noun
uk
/nəˈses.ə.ti/us
/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmilitary necessity

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He argues that soldiers' patient rights are sometimes abridged and yield tomilitarynecessity.
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This is themilitarynecessityargument, namely, the trumping of doctors' independent ethical judgment bymilitarynecessity.
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The argument frommilitarynecessityis less specific and more complicated.
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Is the military health professional bound by a commander's assertion ofmilitarynecessity?
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Two defence strategies emerge : to suggest a superior order in support of 'militarynecessity' and to shift blame to the commander, who died during the investigation.
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Although sieges, blockades, and attacks on ambulances are sometimes necessary to fight terror, exceptions to international law and claims ofmilitarynecessitycannot underwrite a sweeping norm of unacceptable behavior.
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The military authority, who are responsible, have decided there is no sufficientmilitarynecessityto justify these powers.
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That demand is made under no compulsion ofmilitarynecessity.
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Every information has been suppressed which ought to have been given to the country, and which there was nomilitarynecessityto suppress.
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One can think of such amilitarynecessityat the present time.
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The excuse that they continue to give for continuing these restrictions is that they do so on grounds ofmilitarynecessity.
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Does humanity outweighmilitarynecessity, orvice versa?
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It falls back on the plea ofmilitarynecessity.
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But our judges admitted there were cases where sinking was amilitarynecessity.
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In view of recent events, we have to ask ourselves whether we can discriminate betweenmilitarynecessityand the cause for which we are fighting.
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There is this conflict ofmilitarynecessity, which can be argued on a strictly rational basis.
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The release of builders has not been delayed in any group, except in a very few individual cases on grounds ofmilitarynecessity.
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They know it is amilitarynecessity, and after all we cannot at this time merely say that the parents do not like it.
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