military takeover

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandtakeover

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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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takeover
noun[C]
uk
/ˈteɪkˌəʊ.vər/us
/ˈteɪkˌoʊ.vɚ/
a situation in which a company gets control of another company by buying enough of ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandtakeoverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All of the opposition parties believed that amilitarytakeoverwould undermine prospects for democratic reform.
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Who knows what could be in store in an unstable country where there was a great threat of amilitarytakeoverjust a few weeks ago?
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When that intervention took place, it was regarded as yet anothermilitarytakeoverby a military junta which would remain for all time.
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During the trial itself, she recalled, so much has changed after thismilitarytakeover.
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The system of rule fluctuated between unstable civilian governments and interludes ofmilitarytakeover.
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The party was crushed after the 1961militarytakeoverof the country.
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The coup had, therefore, followed essentially constitutional forms rather than being a blatantmilitarytakeover.
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Sunals dreams of higher-education had been disrupted in 1980, during the period ofmilitarytakeover.
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Timerman like many others had initially supported amilitarytakeover, on the grounds that it might curb the country's pervasive violence.
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Still,militarytakeoverwas centuries away, when much of the strength of the government would lie within the private armies of the shogunate.
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Daddah previously had resisted bringing the military into his civilian government for fear of amilitarytakeover.
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By declaring her the constitutional successor it averted potential violence andmilitarytakeoverof power, and brought the crisis to an end.
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There have been military takeovers and parliamentary elections in which different political parties have been elected.
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In some cases, it is a ratchet against military takeovers.
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Both countries, although doing so decades apart, felt that this was the only way to end military takeovers of their governments.
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Moreover, they argued that adoption of new cultures could occur through trade or internal political developments rather than military takeovers.
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Instead of large-scale migrations, there were military takeovers by small groups of warriors and their families (who usually numbered in the tens of thousands).
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