direct rule
Control by the central government of an area that has had its own governing body in…Control by the central government of an area that has had its own governing body in the past.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Control by the central government of an area that has had its own governing body in the past.
Examples
2 sentencesThe goal of Christianity was to destabilize Judea and make it ripe for direct Roman rule.
The Bolsheviks disempowered the workers' councils, replacing them with direct Bolshevik rule under the veneer of council rule.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable