military control

Examples

• All

• Since then, the dam has seen military control by the Soviets, the Mujahideen, the Taliban, the British, and the U.S.

  Blog text (25)

• Although the promise of civilian rule took another 10 years to be fulfilled, government-initiated gestures favoring a loosening of military control accelerated in 1974 after the opposition party trounced its pro-military rival in Congressional elections.

  Academic text (2005)

• All types of religious activities were subject to military control.

  Academic text (2009)

• Thus, all Israelis living on these military bases are subject to Israeli military control and jurisdiction.

  Academic text (2000)

• The Manzanillo and Bayamo hospitals there were silently put on medical alert and under military control.

  Blog text (7)

• The situation in Somalia has remained volatile since the transfer of military control from US-led UNITAF forces to the multinational UNOSOM forces.

  Academic text (1993)

• When Italy entered World War I in May 1915, its pretension to rule the North African provinces was unrecognized both internationally and locally, and its military control of the territory was limited to a few coastal cities.

  Academic text (2017)

• For 25 years, the Palestinians lived under Israeli military control.

• The U.S. took military control of Iraq with about 130,000 mostly American troops.

• In the 1990s, the U.S. changed its policy in Honduras from military control to an emphasis on privatization.

Synonyms

O

occupation

vsmilitary control

225 7.2

Control of a country or region by foreign military forces

specifies control only by armed forces from another country

Antonyms

C

civil authority

• Formal

3 4.5

A person or group that has power over people's daily life, not the military

How Controlled

military control

1 5.9

annexation

16 7.5

influence

806 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology