armed forces censorship
- noun
- /ɑrmɪd fɔrsɛs ˈsɛnʃərʃɪp/
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censura de las fuerzas armadas
- During wartime, armed forces censorship strictly monitored soldiers' letters to prevent sensitive information from being leaked.
Examples
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Some historians study the impact of armed forces censorship on morale and family communication during conflicts.
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Many journalists criticize armed forces censorship as a violation of free speech.
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The implementation of armed forces censorship often led to frustration among service members and their loved ones.
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The armed forces censorship policy was implemented during the war.
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During wartime, armed forces censorship strictly monitored soldiers' letters to prevent sensitive information from being leaked.
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Some historians study the impact of armed forces censorship on morale and family communication during conflicts.
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The implementation of armed forces censorship often led to frustration among service members and their loved ones.
Synonyms
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6.1
People in the military check and stop news or messages to protect operations
How Strict
- Jargon
11
6.0
23
3.9
130
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
armed + force + censorship
The meaning is directly compositional: 'armed forces' denotes the military and 'censorship' denotes suppression or examination of information, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer this refers to censorship carried out by the military. This noun–noun composition is literal and cross-linguistically common, making the concept predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Armed forces censorship comes from the old military practice of officers reading and cutting soldiers' private letters and messages to stop information that might help the enemy. Because the armed forces would check and remove parts of these messages, censorship came to mean 'the examination and suppression of personal communications by military authorities'.