Mass Media Vocabulary W#13

a person seized and held as security for the fulfilment of a condition

• hostage

• hardliner

• casualty

a temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need

• stopgap

• enduring

• perpetual

about to happen

• autocratic

• imminent

• enduring

a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours

• martial law

• restriction

• curfew

a sudden and unlawful seizure of power from a government by a small group

• coup d'etat

• takeover

• handover

• rebellion

synonyms to "topple"

• depose

• impose

• overthrow

• overturn

rule by non-military politicians

• civil rule

• civilian rule

• martial law

a synonym to "curb"

• restrain

• encourage

• lift

confinement or imprisonment, usually for a short time

• detention

• martial law

• putsch

to put the state under military control

• to impose martial law

• to lift martial law

• to introduce the state of emergency