threat of invasion

collocation in English

meaningsofthreatandinvasion

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threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/us
/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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invasion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈveɪ.ʒən/us
/ɪnˈveɪ.ʒən/
an occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of ...
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(Definition ofthreatandinvasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thethreatofinvasion"made many writers skeptical that a parliament could effectively replace the authority of the sultan" (p. 13).
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When thethreatofinvasionincreases, a landowner may opt to clear more than he would if property rights were secure.
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Inter-war resentment by workers against employers could not be overcome even in the face of thethreatofinvasion.
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Thethreatofinvasionwas mounting all the time.
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But it is there; it is as positively there as thethreatofinvasion.
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Thethreatofinvasionhas always to be met.
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We face thethreatofinvasionby the sea—nothing more, nothing less.
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First, we should be able to defend ourselves against thethreatofinvasion.
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It does not flow if there is anarchy in the country or the country is underthreatofinvasion.
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Thethreatofinvasioncontinued during that winter and the spring and summer of 1941.
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When thethreatofinvasioncame, we were armed with.
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Imagine a row of seaside bungalows taken during athreatofinvasionsuch as that of 1941.
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The security of the world depends upon the assumption that every nation may live within its borders, free from thethreatofinvasion.
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Practically all the technical equipment was lost, and thethreatofinvasiondemanded at that time that the maximum number of fighting units should be equipped to meet the enemy.
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National security no longer means just protecting our nation from thethreatofinvasion.
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Machinery was ordered, new derricks were builtbut a renewedthreatofinvasionagain temporarily halted progress.
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Markovia was again underthreatofinvasionby outside forces.
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As any realthreatofinvasiondiminished with time, defenses and fortresses on the islands fell victim to ruin.
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Artisans used the locally available hard granite because of its durability since the kingdom was under constantthreatofinvasion.
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