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noun area of land that belongs to one country, etc. ADJ. vast | new The explorers set off to conquer new territories. | former former French territories | neighbouring, surrounding | home, national | alien, foreign, overseas | enemy, hostile | neutral | colonial, dependent | sovereign Troops were stationed on sovereign German territory. | conquered, lost, occupied a town in British-occupied territory | unoccupied | disputed | familiar | uncharted, unexplored, unknown, virgin | dangerous VERB + TERRITORY hold | annex, capture, conquer, invade, occupy, recapture, take | control, govern, rule The territory had been controlled by Azerbaijan for many years. | cede, surrender | explore (often figurative) Tired of writing detective novels, she began to explore new territory. | settle The territory was never densely settled. | enter | leave | overfly The plane was shot down while overflying enemy territory. | stray into The soldiers strayed into hostile territory. of an animal ADJ. breeding VERB + TERRITORY defend, patrol | mark (out), scent-mark
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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territory
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + enemy
enemy/hostile territory
• Patterson had never flown so deep into enemy territory before.
occupied territory
(= land that is controlled by a foreign country or its army )
• America has always wanted Israel to give up some of the occupied territory.
disputed territory
(= land that two countries are fighting or arguing to get control of )
• The latest round of talks over the disputed territory begins next week.
neutral territory
(= a place or country that is not controlled by either of the groups or countries involved in a war )
• After crossing the frontier post, he would be safe in neutral territory.
Chinese/German etc territory
• The Russians handed over to Poland a large slice of German territory.
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