alien world

collocation in English

meaningsofalienandworld

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alien
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/us
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
relating to creatures from ...
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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofalienandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalien world

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From everyday objects they built analienworld.
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When the scientific community moves into analienworld, however, these assumptions and practices are not necessarily recognized as legitimate in the new cultural milieu.
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The patient, however, is not insured and finds himself in analienworld.
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The character's series took place on a strangealienworld.
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It had broken down on a tinyalienworld.
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After saving analienworld, he came across anotheralienworldwith its entire population deserted and discovers a ship full of disembodied brains from several races.
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After landing the pilot is captured and imprisoned in a fortress on thealienworld.
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It features a cook of a destroyed spaceship marooned on analienworld.
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Supposedly, mogwai were created as gentle, contemplative creatures by a scientist on analienworld.
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There, they discover a portal and venture through to explore analienworldin search of their parents.
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Children are going missing and it is tied to analienworldthat has been going through its own war.
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In a furious blaze of ice-geysers, the moon's surface rips off to reveal an ancientalienworld-ship.
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Sound effects in the middle section of the song convey the feeling of travelling through, or flying over, analienworld.
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Together they search for a way off the planet while fighting against both the extreme weather and deadly fauna of thealienworld.
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Uprooted, far from his loved ones and faced with a completelyalienworld, he finds himself unable to communicate with anyone.
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As he learns to navigate his new surroundings, he also discovers an abiding connection to thealienworldinto which he has passed.
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