military power

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandpower

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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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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmilitary power

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Militarypowerwas no longer based simply upon manpower.
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In this period such control was largely based onmilitarypower.
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She also (p. 326) notes the overwhelming reality ofmilitarypowerin the nation's capital.
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They are also ethnically distinctive, but lack political andmilitarypower.
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Theoretically speaking, there may be various possibilities, beginning with the fear of amilitarypower.
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The 1957-59 period witnessed pressures from politicians, students, and labour to curtailmilitarypowerand excesses.
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The nobles shown achieved a powerful position by sharing some of the ideological andmilitarypowerof the ruler.
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The ownership of land, he claimed, entailed control ofmilitarypower, and hence the control of the state.
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Rather, they shared the assumption that sufficientmilitarypowerwas in fact essential to guarantee the safety of the state.
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Claims could not be settled by litigation, they could only be enforced on the spot withmilitarypower.
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Materially, imperialism could generate increasedmilitarypowerand national wealth, although this was by no means certain.
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Ifmilitarypowercan only serve to acquire moremilitarypower, it is useless, and not worth exercising.
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Historians with expertise in military subjects can properly relatemilitarypowerto other elements of human life, which other cannot do.
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They exercise political andmilitarypowerover peripheries and enjoy a net surplus in the flow of materials or labor vital to core interests.
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The result was a web-like network of commercial and political relationships that linked various centres ofmilitarypowerwith major market centres.
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But the balance ofmilitarypoweris such that they are generally unable to wage a successful campaign of urban guerrilla warfare.
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Asbridge does not stop to analyse themilitarypower# of the principality, but he does look at the origins of the major families.
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At the top, there was the dualism between the ceremonial head of state, the emperor, and themilitarypower-holder, the shogun.
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Such monuments were created only in times of military conflict, when the ruler needed to emphasizemilitarypowerin addition to ritual power.
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Sovietmilitarypowercontinues to grow.
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There has been mention ofmilitarypower.
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Mladic continues to holdmilitarypower.
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It is becoming an aggressivemilitarypower.
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Sovietmilitarypowercertainly has changed.
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They are reappreciating the factors inmilitarypower.
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