a situation where the army of a country controls an area instead of the police during a time of trouble 军事管制；戒严 to declare/impose/lift martial law 宣布／实行／取消军事管制 - under martial law
The city remains firmly under martial law. 这个城市仍实施严格的军事管制。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + martial law- declare
- impose
- place something under
- …
- under martial law