state of siege
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstateandsiege
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state
adjective[before noun]
uk/steɪt/us/steɪt/
provided, created, or done by the state (= government of ...
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siege
noun[C or U]
uk/siːdʒ/us/siːdʒ/
the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those ...
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(Definition ofstateandsiegefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thestateofsiegewas lifted and all the laws restored.
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Astateofsiegewas decreed in the states controlled by rebels, rapidly extended to the entire country.
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Naturally, the troops sent to impose thestateofsiegetook care of collecting fines.
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Thirty-two departments were put under astateofsiegewhich again activated exceptional military justice.
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I'm in astateofsiege; bombarded by horrible words, blockaded by the past, starved by lack of love.
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Between 1890 and 1893, as the rebellion spread throughout the country, the government repeatedly used thestateofsiegeand federal intervention to restore order and protect the status quo.
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What began as a good-natured event degenerated into astateofsiegewith a high degree of aggression and violence.
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Thestateofsiegewhich is known in continental countries, and the degrees of severity existing in continental countries do not exist in this country.
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The country is not in astateofsiege.
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Even liberals as far gone as myself accept that some form of socialism is indispensable in astateofsiege.
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Large numbers of the community are continuously living in astateofsiege, and it is because of that that trade unionism came into existence.
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It is almost as though the towns were in astateofsiege.
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It is the reason why we in the advanced countries often feel, without realising it, that we are living in astateofsiege.
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Following the lifting of thestateofsiege.
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You may be in astateofsiege.
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We have no "stateofsiege" in our law.
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Indeed, we know that there are hundreds of hospitals throughout the country which are, in effect, in astateofsiege.
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We may be faced again with a similarstateofsiege.
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We are, and are likely to be for a long time, in astateofsiege.
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