WordNet
n. the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power [syn: occupation]
Usage examples of "military control".
Possession of the heights would not guarantee military control, but control would be extremely difficult to sustain without it.
It meant, in effect, that the trains were still running, but that they were under military control.
The cooler heads in Beijing are ignored in favour of more aggressive elements who want to save face through military control.
The groups working on chain-reaction physics in the new organization were headed by Arthur Compton, Dean of Physics at the University of Chicago, and Compton had moved all of them to Chicago to be under one roof-a preliminary step to placing the whole program under direct military control.
While we had the country under military control, with all communication centers in our hands, with the Federal Forces demoralized, routed, and largely dispersed or disarmed and captured, we did not hold the country’.
While we had the country under military control, with all communication centers in our hands, with the Federal Forces demoralized, routed, and largely dispersed or disarmed and captured, we did not hold the country's heart in our hands.