military control

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military control - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign poweroccupationsocial control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group actionarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"