impassioned debate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimpassionedanddebate
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impassioned
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpæʃ.ənd/us/ɪmˈpæʃ.ənd/
Impassioned speech or writing is full of strongly felt and strongly ...
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debate
noun
uk/dɪˈbeɪt/us/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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Apart from theimpassioneddebateamong experts regarding variations in flavour, there is also an environmental argument.
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We had animpassioneddebateon the issue of a general ban and a decision was made a few minutes ago.
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No doubt that matter will be the subject ofimpassioneddebatewhen we reach that clause.
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I would appreciate it if these points were not forgotten in the course of theimpassioneddebateto come.
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I do not wish to become involved in a high-flown andimpassioneddebate.
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We have had a most interesting and at timesimpassioneddebatefor such a technical subject.
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I have watchedimpassioneddebate, rapier-like argument, oratory to make my heart sing and occasional flashes of brilliance.
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We have had a long andimpassioneddebatetoday about that proposal.
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We have had an interesting and, at times,impassioneddebateon what all those who have spoken agree is an important topic.
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An extraordinary andimpassioneddebatehas been aroused around a quite insignificant repeal provision.
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Moreover, the question of censorship has become a matter ofimpassioneddebate; and it is one which does not only concern totalitarian societies.
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We all remember those heated, impassioned debates of three years ago.
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