alien invasion

collocation in English

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alien
adjective
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/ˈeɪ.li.ən/us
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
relating to creatures from ...
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invasion
noun[C or U]
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/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 ofalienandinvasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Effectively, acts of writing and reading are being offered by him as ways of potentiatingalieninvasion.
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The advertising then switched emphasis completely to thealieninvasionaspect of the series, while the hurricane received no mention.
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It is implied that the phenomenon is the product of analieninvasion.
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In the 50s, it was thealieninvasionmovie.
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Apart from the comic overtones of this deception, there is a subplot related toalieninvasion.
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The film follows a group of friends who discover analieninvasionduring an epic pub crawl in their home town.
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In the case ofalieninvasionfilms, the creatures can provide as a stand-in for a feared foreign power.
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The premise of the franchise is that a mysteriousalieninvasionbegan in 1999 (a near future at the time of the first game's release).
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Social upheavals and political ineptitude are realized through rich characterization and brisk action, marrying the genre staple ofalieninvasionwith conflicts of conscience.
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These methods include, among others: an environmental disaster,alieninvasion, nuclear war, plague, and supernatural disaster.
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Technically, a human invasion of an alien species is also analieninvasion, as from the viewpoint of the aliens, humans are the aliens.
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In the movie, his character, along with his family, battles to save their vacation home and the world from analieninvasion.
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Thealieninvasionis an ecological one.
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The plot was a typicalalieninvasionscenario, in which evil aliens took over a robot-manufacturing planet.
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In the game's story, this prediction comes true in the form of analieninvasion.
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This update features detailed opening cinematics of thealieninvasion, story and survival modes, boss battles and three playable characters, each with their own backstory.
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If nevertheless faced with analieninvasion, the facility has a self-destruct mechanism, which has been activated on more than one occasion on the show.
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Police and fire brigades rushed out of town to engage the supposedalieninvasionforce.
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The comic, released every two weeks, follows the characters of the series just weeks after thealieninvasion.
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Like science-fiction literature, science-fiction operas may be set in the future and involve intergalactic travel oralieninvasion.
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