occupation force

collocation in English

meaningsofoccupationandforce

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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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force
noun
uk
/fɔːs/us
/fɔːrs/
physical, especially violent, strength, ...
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(Definition ofoccupationandforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoccupation force

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We believe that they may now have a sizeableoccupationforce.
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We are there not as a permanent, long-termoccupationforce, but to allow democratic and civilised standards to grow again in that country.
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Here, the repair ship established an advance service unit to provide food, oil, and water to the ships of theoccupationforcebased there.
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There is widespread fear that this troop increase is in fact an invasion andoccupationforce.
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She then served a brief stint with theoccupationforce.
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As with the rest of theoccupationforce, the battalion did not encounter any significant resistance or civil unrest.
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She argues that images from afar have taken over much of our everyday reality like an immensely powerfuloccupationforce.
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As the occupation duties were accomplished, theoccupationforcecontinued to downsize as more troops returned home and their units were deactivated.
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This was a hugeoccupationforcerelative to the size of the local population of 220,000.
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Poets and composers were considered just as dangerous to the occupation forces as the rebels and militiamen.
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After this, the battlecruiser stood off, in case she was required to shell one of the two wireless stations theoccupationforcewas attempting to capture.
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Berlin, however, passed the power to the civil administration ofoccupationforceand it did things its own way.
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In this situation, the inevitable happened: rapprochement with the occupation forces, deliberate collaboration.
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Others could only be carried out—like the removal of the occupation forces—by agreement of all the countries in control.
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The occupation forces are being reduced in number, but are to remain in place for an unspecifiable period.
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They are also forced to endure the insult of international condemnation and of being called unnatural mothers for "allowing" their children to roam the streets and confront the occupation forces.
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Several hundred thousand inhabitants of this territory, who belong to eight different ethnic groups, were banned from their homes with the silent consent of the occupation forces.
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Anyone whoknows the circumstances will not deny that almost a miracle of organisation and extemporisation has been achieved by our occupation forces in that country, in a relatively short time.
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