martial law
UK/ˈmɑːʃəl lɔː//ˈmɑɹʃəl lɔ/
martial law noun: rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.
Noun
martial law (uncountable)
- Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.
martial law meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
martial law in Hindi
- rule by military authorities
- सैनिक क़ानून sainik qānūn
martial law in Tamil
- படைத் துறையாட்சி, படைத்துறை ஆட்சி, படைத்துறைச் சட்டம்
martial law in Urdu
- rule by military authorities
- فوجی قانون favjī qānūn
martial law in Bengali
- rule by military authorities
- সামরিক শাসন śamrik śaśon
More languagesFewer languages
- martial law in Kannada
- ಲಷ್ಕರಿ ಶಾಸನ, ಸೈನ್ಯಾಡಳಿತ, ಮಾರ್ಷಲ್ ಲಾ
- martial law in Tagalog
- batas militar
- martial law in Arabic
- حُكْم عُرْفِيّ ḥukm ʕurfiyy
- martial law in Malay
- undang-undang tentera, pemerintahan tentera
- martial law in Indonesian
- darurat militer
- martial law in Persian
- حکومت نظامی hokumat-e nezâmi
- martial law in Thai
- กฎอัยการศึก gòt-ai-yá-gaan-sʉ̀k
- martial law in Vietnamese
- giới nghiêm, thiết quân luật
- martial law in Myanmar
- စစ်အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအမိန့် cacuphkyup-re:a.min.
Forms of martial law
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Questions about martial law
- What does martial law mean?
- Martial law means rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.
- What is martial law in Hindi?
- Martial law in Hindi is सैनिक क़ानून (sainik qānūn). See Martial law meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is martial law?
- Martial law is a noun.
- How do you pronounce martial law?
- Martial law is pronounced /ˈmɑːʃəl lɔː/ (UK).
Words near martial law in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: martial law (page history and authors); martial law (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); martial law (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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