heated controversy

collocation in English

meaningsofheatedandcontroversy

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heated
adjective
uk
/ˈhiː.tɪd/us
/ˈhiː.t̬ɪd/
made hot ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition ofheatedandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1929, after several years ofheatedcontroversy, the genetics camp appeared to have won.
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Theheatedcontroversyaround quantum mechanics has overshadowed this insight.
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In the subsequent decades, the parameters of "disabilities" have been debated and revised following frequentlyheatedcontroversy.
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It was one of the matters which was at the time the subject of great andheatedcontroversy.
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But the question has been the subject ofheatedcontroversynow for many years past.
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We are not prepared to resume discussion of an issue which arousesheatedcontroversy.
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Conceive the cauldron ofheatedcontroversyinto which we should have been plunged over this matter.
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I have no wish to rake up again the embers of a ratherheatedcontroversywhich took place on this subject some years ago.
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I should not say that it was aheatedcontroversy, because it was an extremely friendly one.
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It aroused noheatedcontroversy.
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It was one on which men's minds were agitated, there was aheatedcontroversy, and every letter which bore on the controversy, appeared to them of importance.
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The book soon became a subject ofheatedcontroversy.
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He withdrew several days later, citing aheatedcontroversybetween factions of the party.
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The war has stirredheatedcontroversyamong all political sides of the debate.
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I knew my opinion was going to inviteheatedcontroversy.
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The project was mired inheatedcontroversyfor decades.
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Once part of a railroad easement, this narrow 24acre m2 strip had long been the subject ofheatedcontroversyand pressure from various commercial interests.
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Aheatedcontroversyconcerning the use of violence continues to take place inside the anarchist movement.
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Entrance fees for beaches raiseheatedcontroversyin the district.
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This sparkedheatedcontroversyover the perceived escalation of violence in cinema.
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