military victory

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandvictory

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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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victory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈvɪk.tər.i/us
/ˈvɪk.tɚ.i/
an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandvictoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmilitary victory

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The motto becamemilitaryvictoryfirst and then civic action.
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I must point out thatmilitaryvictoryis not enough.
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There were many casualties of the armed struggle, many categories of dispossessed, many with little or no stake in the moral and institutional ' liberation system ' created bymilitaryvictory.
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Since we were not aiming for amilitaryvictorywe concentrated our efforts on taking and defending territory in the nation's capital.
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It might be objected that in the long eighteenth century there was no such security, either about national wealth ormilitaryvictory.
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It was thus able to move from defence to offence, winning a major battle in 1988 which was the prelude to totalmilitaryvictoryand political independence three years later.
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This example proves the link between the cultural and the political and the importance of claiming symbolic victory in addition to achievingmilitaryvictory.
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The most striking finding is that peacebuilding aftermilitaryvictoryis every bit as difficult as after negotiated settlements, perhaps even more so.
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Amilitaryvictoryor the birth, marriage, coronation or death of a member of the royal family let loose a torrent of ringing on all the cities of the kingdom.
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These figures show that neither side can achieve amilitaryvictoryin this conflict.
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I have said that this war will never end in amilitaryvictoryfor anyone.
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If that is done, what will be the situation after thismilitaryvictory?
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First, there is the question of amilitaryvictorybefore the implementation of the political solutions.
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There is no neutrality on the question of themilitaryvictory.
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We have made our contribution tomilitaryvictory.
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We have seen a hugemilitaryvictory—for such was the election.
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You cannot have what is laughingly called amilitaryvictoryuntil you have a political settlement.
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I wonder, as we all do, what the consequences of a rapidmilitaryvictorywould be.
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Theremilitaryvictorydid result in peace for a long number of years.
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