occupation
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/
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ocupación
- In the centuries that followed Roman occupation, the region was disputed territory, fought over and fortified.
- military occupation
- occupation forces
- the occupation ended
The initial few days, Chris, of the occupation were chaotic, very chaotic.
- The initial few days, Chris, of the occupation were chaotic, very chaotic.
- It is not Israeli occupation that Hamas and the PLO resent.
- Despite that, we have this, you know, US occupation.
- You know, until you know the the full occupation and the full ethnic cleansing.
- There were militaries, allied militaries, there was an occupation.
- Kiev is then subject to a brutal occupation.
- And that's the same tradition with which they came into Roman occupation.
- Gaza following the war with Israel but still dealing with an occupation.
- There will be some phase of Israeli occupation.
- We've become a brutal occupation force.
- And seeing all the colonists and the roadblocks and, you know, the oppressive weight of the occupation.
- The country had emerged from four years of civil war and before that a crushing Japanese occupation.
Examples
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The war and subsequent occupation damaged the Iraqi state in three ways.
Academic text (2013) -
Following the end of the American occupation in 1952, art in Japan was at a crossroads.
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- The German occupation of Africa...
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In August, the Nazi occupation finally ended.
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A UN vote will not end the occupation of Israel or remove the settlements.
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If you're a Palestinian today living under Israeli military occupation, your life from A-Z is fully under control by the Israeli military.
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Robbie's got a paper on the French occupation of Algeria due Monday, which he's yet to begin.
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The United States' invasion and occupation of Iraq was opposed by France and Germany.
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In August, the Nazi occupation finally ended.
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A UN vote will not end the occupation of Israel or remove the settlements.
Synonyms
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5.9
Rule of a country by soldiers from another country
Antonyms
Compounds
A phrase used to describe the Israeli government that controls Palestinian areas, often used as an insult
How Controlled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Occupation comes from Latin occupare 'to take' or 'to hold', and long ago it was used for when a power or army 'took' a place. So occupation now means the control of a country or region by a foreign or military power.