brutal repression

collocation in English

meaningsofbrutalandrepression

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brutal
adjective
uk
/ˈbruː.təl/us
/ˈbruː.t̬əl/
cruel, violent, and completely ...
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repression
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈpreʃ.ən/us
/rɪˈpreʃ.ən/
the use of force or violence to control a group ...
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Brutalrepressionis unacceptable and must be stopped.
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The province was subjected tobrutalrepression.
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Brutalrepressionof political opposition followed.
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This results in heightened social conflict, which is met bybrutalrepressionin many southern countries.
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Seventy years of socialism and nearly half a century ofbrutalrepressiontake some putting right.
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However, when people protested peacefully against electoral fraud, government forces resorted tobrutalrepression.
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Thebrutalrepressionwith which they have been met is unacceptable.
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There isbrutalrepressionof trade unions and human rights organisations, with imprisonment and executions.
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This included thebrutalrepressionof leftist activity.
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This long arm is the cause of thebrutalrepressionthat persists at home and of the serious destabilisation abroad.
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The new military government rejected the notion of the state as a guarantor of welfare for the whole population, withbrutalrepressionreplacing co-optive, if occasionally violent, populism.
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The lack of action at the beginning of the protest had led to thebrutalrepressionof the days following, revealing the incompetence of the public institutions in general.
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Most historians say it was abrutalrepressionof political enemies.
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The infringement of democratic principles during the election was followed by protests,brutalrepression of a demonstration and the arrest of demonstrators.
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After years ofbrutalrepression, we have also inevitably seen excesses and lawlessness on the streets as the old regime collapses.
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They were characterised by thebrutalrepressionof popular demonstrations complaining about a number of obvious cases of vote rigging, carried out by the police and secret service agents.
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We join with other members of the international community to call for an immediate end to thebrutalrepressionof citizens.
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It was banned in 1947 was outlawed, and was subjected tobrutalrepressionwhich resulted in the loss of several prominent figures.
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These people arrived with a rich and ancient culture, althoughbrutalrepressionand forced conversions gradually diluted their original cultural identity and religions.
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He reacted to these threats on one hand by maintaining a careful balance of power between the forces in the country, and bybrutalrepressionon the other.
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