"put" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He has been sent into the mountains to put down a gathering of the hill tribes.
- General Garnet Wolseley was sent to put down the rebellion.
- In 1950, after the end of the revolution, Rijadi was sent to the Moluccas to put down a rebellion.
- A guerrilla uprising has raged for most of the last decade, killing thousands as Indian troops have been sent in to put it down.
- More than 120,000 American troops were sent to the Philippines to put down the guerrilla resistance, and 4,000 never came home.
- These same soldiers are sent to put down the flames of revolt in Canada.
- Reinforcements were sent to America to put down what was initially expected to be a short-lived rebellion.
- Last week some 300 government soldiers sent to put down a separatist uprising on Anjouan were severely defeated.
- Many thousands have died since Russian troops were first sent to put down a separatist rebellion in 1994.
- A force of 1200 troops was sent to put down the rising.
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