occupying army

collocation in English

meaningsofoccupyandarmy

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occupy
verb[T]
uk
/ˈɒk.jə.paɪ/us
/ˈɑː.kjə.paɪ/
to fill, exist in, or use a place or period ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofoccupyandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoccupying army

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Granaries in ' hostile ' territory were emptied, while villages, once ' pacified ', were required to provide food to sustain theoccupyingarmy.
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As punishment, they were forced to enrol in theoccupyingarmyand deported to the concentration camps.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is the work of theoccupyingarmy.
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As long as there is anoccupyingarmy, there will be no prosperity.
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As long as there is anoccupyingarmy, there will also be crimes.
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Of course, they enjoy the support and protection of theoccupyingarmy.
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Is it at present situated in barracks merely because it was placed in those barracks when it was anoccupyingarmy?
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We must accept, however, that there is anoccupyingarmyin the north of the island.
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There is a population subject to the rule of anoccupyingarmywith all the consequences that follow.
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If theoccupyingarmyleft, there would be no problem.
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Who can describe the full horrors of anoccupyingarmy?
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They turned their heads away, because they felt that the soldiers were anoccupyingarmyand that they were there without any reason or justification.
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Until it is accepted that that foreignoccupyingarmyshould be removed at a very early stage in the process, there will be no settlement.
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So there is anoccupyingarmyand one for which the basic rationale must be security.
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Theoccupyingarmymust leave.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Theoccupyingarmyis to blame.
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Exactly five metres from there is a wall beyond which theoccupyingarmyis stationed, and then there is almost 100 km of darkness and emptiness.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
And, for the record, we note that the question of the withdrawal of theoccupyingarmywas hardly even touched on when the occupying force was granted candidate status.
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At times, theoccupyingarmywas actually larger than the total civilian population.
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He did not wish to serve with theoccupyingarmy.
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