high intensity conflict
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhigh,intensityandconflict
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high
adjective
uk/haɪ/us/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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intensity
noun
uk/ɪnˈten.sə.ti/us/ɪnˈten.sə.t̬i/
the quality of being felt strongly or having a very ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofhigh,intensityandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He also welcomed the fact that we understand the need to maintain the ability for highintensityconflict.
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I take his point that we need to analyse precisely what we mean by highintensityconflict.
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In addition, many conflicts have a nasty habit of starting at the low intensity end and escalating to highintensityconflict.
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But the main battle tank remains at the cutting edge of a modern army and, without it, highintensityconflictwould be impossible.
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It is easy to say the words "highintensityconflict" but it is much, much more difficult to analyse what they mean.
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It takes years to train for, and be successful in, highintensityconflictand yet only months to train as peacekeepers.
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But the main battle tank remains at the cutting edge of a modern army and without it highintensityconflictwould be impossible.
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All services must be trained in highintensityconflictto develop a natural war-fighting capability.
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They are trained to undertake highintensityconflict, because it is only that standard of training that will see them through all types of possible military tasks.
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The balance is between deterrence and rapid reaction as well as between forces structured and trained for highintensityconflictand forces equipped for effective response to peacetime crises.
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