dangerous terrain

collocation in English

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dangerous
adjective
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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terrain
noun[U]
uk
/təˈreɪn/us
/təˈreɪn/
an area of land, when considering its ...
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The prevailing low cloud and whiteout made navigation difficult, and indangerousterraincould halt progress altogether.
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In dark and rainy conditions the plane overflewdangerousterrainand crashed into mountains.
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Climbing these peaks is technically demanding, and requires expeditions to access remote anddangerousterrain.
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He traversed steep,dangerousterrainby horse or mule when possible.
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A number of stairways and bridges are installed along the trail to make it passable in steep, difficult, ordangerousterrain.
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It is not permitted to leave the path due to the nature reserve status and thedangerousterrain.
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Their journey was made partly by canoe but mainly by walking, often for large distances over difficult anddangerousterrain.
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A tenfold increase in this error-bound implied a hundredfold increase in the target area, which then included unacceptablydangerousterrain.
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Mountain warfare is one of the most dangerous types of combat as it involves surviving not only combat with the enemy but also the extreme weather anddangerousterrain.
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There are few crevasses of any size or danger if you stick to the route but only 50m off the route you could be indangerousterrain.
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Bell repeatedly repaired under heavy small-arms fire as he crosseddangerousterrainto keep his company commander informed of the squad's situation.
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