Synonyms for Territorial
ˌtɛr ɪˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-ter·ri·to·ri·al

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1. territorialnoun

   nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit

   Synonyms:
   territorial reserve

   Antonyms:
   nonterritorial, exterritorial, extraterritorial

2. territorial, territorial reserveadjective

   a territorial military unit

   Synonyms:
   territorial reserve, territorial

   Antonyms:
   exterritorial, nonterritorial, extraterritorial

3. territorialadjective

   of or relating to a territory

   "the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country"

   Antonyms:
   exterritorial, nonterritorial, extraterritorial

4. territorialadjective

   displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders

   "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds"

   Antonyms:
   exterritorial, nonterritorial, extraterritorial

5. territorialadjective

   belonging to the territory of any state or ruler

   "territorial rights"

   Antonyms:
   extraterritorial, exterritorial, nonterritorial

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1. • Biology
   • Military
   • Soldier

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1. List of paraphrases for "territorial":

   territories, territory, regional, territoriale, land, spatial

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How to use Territorial in a sentence?

1. The State Department:

   The United States firmly opposes coercion and intimidation by any claimant to assert its territorial or maritime claims, china should cease its bullying behavior and refrain from engaging in this type of provocative and destabilizing activity.

2. Ron DeSantis:

   While the U.S. has many vital national interests – securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Communist Party – becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them.

3. Zhao Lijian:

   Diaoyu island and the affiliated islands are China's inherent territory, China is resolute in safeguarding our territorial sovereignty, this so-called administrative re-designation is a serious provocation towards China's territorial sovereignty.

4. The State Department official:

   Ultimately no matter how much sand China piles on top of a submerged reef or shoal ... it is not enhancing its territorial claim. You can't build sovereignty, he (Kerry) will leave his Chinese interlocutors in absolutely no doubt that the United States remains committed to maintaining freedom of navigation and to exercise our legitimate rights as pertaining to over flight and movement on the high seas.

5. Philippe Burrin:

   It is not an event on Tibet, it is not on a politically sensitive subject, i.e. territorial issues, but on the role of civil society in promoting human rights.