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martial

adjective as in having to do with armed hostilities

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It’s where guys run martial arts drills and where the mats serve double duty as community center flooring.

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The party sidelined Zhao for opposing martial law and later sent troops to crush the demonstrations—in what became known as the June 4 massacre—before purging him later that month.

Shocking scenes at the World Conker Championships, the vicious sport that has sharpened the martial instincts of centuries of British schoolchildren.

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Such a move could also be a prelude to de facto martial law, cancelling elections and suspending other civil rights and freedoms.

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As one example, in an interview with English comedian Russell Brand, Rogan poked fun at himself as a child, a kid then learning martial arts, calling himself “so weird” and laughing.

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