martial law
noun/ˌmɑːʃl ˈlɔː/
/ˌmɑːrʃl ˈlɔː/
[uncountable]- a situation where the army of a country controls an area instead of the police during a time of trouble
- to declare/impose/lift martial law
- under martial law The city remains firmly under martial law.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + martial law- declare
- impose
- place something under
- …
- under martial law
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