The government may declare martial law in response to the latest violence in the region.martialmar‧tial /ˈmɑːʃəl $ ˈmɑːr-/ adjective [only before noun] 
martial music → court-martial1
WORD ORIGINmartial
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin martialis ‘of Mars’, from Mars Mars, god of warEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Angel One was saved only by his superb reflexes, honed by years of martial arts training.
- He'd heard rumours that the military were planning to declare martial law.
- He means our martial law troops should completely finish their task of clearing the square before sunup.
- It was the biggest demonstration since the lifting of martial law in 1988, and was estimated by police to number 10,000.
- Recommended to only the most undiscriminating martial arts fans.
- The notion of apprenticeship as an almost religious vocation survives best, oddly, in martial arts movies like Bloodsport on Showtime.
- Troops were deployed in Kwangju at midnight on May 17, just as Chun was declaring nationwide martial law.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The government may declare martial law in response to the latest violence in the region. In May, martial law was lifted (=ended) in most areas.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
connected with war and fighting: The government may declare martial law in response to the latest violence in the region. In May, martial law was lifted (=ended) in most areas.· He cleaned houses, hustled for bit parts in movies and taught martial arts in a garage.· Recommended to only the most undiscriminating martial arts fans.· All the martial arts, hard and soft, aim at a non-aggressive state of harmony.· Chow Yun Fat stars as a master of the Wudan school of martial arts.· Angel One was saved only by his superb reflexes, honed by years of martial arts training.· Q: If you had to choose between acting and martial arts which would you choose?· And reports of taichi's beneficial effects on senior citizens in San Francisco brought this ancient martial art nation-wide acclaim.· When I was young, I loved martial arts.
· Whatever the reason, once the journey on that path is commenced, the martial artist can travel down many avenues.· He was an outstanding martial artist, recently winning the Pan-Am Cup in jiu jitsu.· The emphasis here is on developing the front deltoid - excellent for martial artists.· For martial artists it mattered less what form you studied than that you made it a way of life.· Today's martial artists are constantly looking at other forms of combat technique in order to broaden and improve their own fighting methods.
· In mid-1990, martial law was formally lifted but the security clamp down remains currently in force.· Opposition leaders are afraid to give Milosevic the pretext to use more brutality and proclaim martial law or something along those lines.· The foreign minister, Stan Mudenge, has previously said that sanctions could lead to the imposition of martial law.· On September 21, he exceeded his instructions by proclaiming martial law.· Reports earlier in the month suggested that the government had already planned to impose a period of martial law.· Troops were deployed in Kwangju at midnight on May 17, just as Chun was declaring nationwide martial law.· Husayn suspended the constitution, declared martial law, banned all political parties and arrested hundreds of politicians.· The nuns' tales reveal that inhuman treatment was already standard practice before the declaration of martial law in March.
martial music → court-martial1