civilian area

collocation in English

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civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or the ...
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area
noun
uk
/ˈeə.ri.ə/us
/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It seems to be broadly the case that procurement in the defence field is simply not subject to as acute competition as it is in thecivilianarea.
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One artillery shell had landed in acivilianarea.
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However, a military police patrol may stop a crime that it witnesses in process in acivilianarea.
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A nearbycivilianareaallegedly was adversely affected by the military operations.
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However, this application is still in its infancy in thecivilianarea.
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The force raiding then makes a covert entry across enemy lines into acivilianareaor military encampment.
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This was acivilianarea.
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Stumholmen was a great military workplace until the 1970s but is now acivilianarea.
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Surely, one of the lessons that we have learned from previous conflicts concerns our rather tardy approach to clearing up civilian areas post-conflict.
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Detonations at nearby targets and anti-aircraft fire can easily give the impression, particularly at night, that civilian areas are under attack.
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It is a matter of ensuring that those standards are adhered to in military as well as in civilian areas.
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Thirdly, there is the tendency to put such nuclear sites into civilian areas, where a civilised country would be very unwilling to strike at them.
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Usually, an ammunition depot experiencing even minor explosions in one of its sites/buildings, is immediately evacuated together with surrounding civilian areas.
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This meant that armies tended to devastate civilian areas in an effort to feed themselves, causing famines and population displacement.
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It is used for remote sensing of civilian areas, mapping industry and geographical information services.
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Operations in civilian areas are steadily more political and sensitive.
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A lot of them are in civilian areas, on farmland and in people's homes.
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Using reservists allows military commanders to utilize skills of soldiers with experience in professions needed to manage and restore civilian areas impacted by military operations.
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Civilian areas were also hit, resulting in many casualties.
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These bombardments caused heavy damage to several of the factories targeted, as well as nearby civilian areas.
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