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Meaning of 戒严

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jiè yán (Trad.: 戒嚴)
to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures
Related Words
Antonyms: 解严
Example Sentences
1
The police cordoned off the railway station to search for the escape prisoner.
2
Selfridge and Quaritch have gone to a state of full emergency martial law.
3
The time when the armed forces execute martial-law tasks or cope with emergencies of violence shall be regarded as wartime.
4
1972
Marcos
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When Mr. Marcos declared martial law in 1972, Mr. Aquino, shown with Mrs. Aquino at his trial, was arrested and imprisoned for seven years.
5
Residents said the area where the rioting took place was cordoned off Sunday and was being patrolled by the police.