intense discussion

collocation in English

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intense
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtens/us
/ɪnˈtens/
extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) ...
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discussion
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/us
/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
the activity in which people talk about something and tell each other their ideas ...
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(Definition ofintenseanddiscussionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintense discussion

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Nearly every poet tried his hand at writing such verse, and many engaged inintensediscussionof its principles.
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Without a stitch of the fabric even having been woven, the project had already producedintensediscussion.
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The matter is the subject ofintensediscussionand analysis.
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There wasintensediscussionon this in our committee.
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If this seems to be the case, thenintensediscussiontakes place among all developers to simplify the abstraction as much as possible.
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Over the last decade or so, the notion of postmodernism (however this is to be defined) has been the focus ofintensediscussionin certain segments of academia.
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There would be some cases where it would be a matter ofintensediscussion.
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Fifthly, the balance between generalised incentives and selective assistance has been the subject ofintensediscussion.
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Revelations followed daily and the local authority had a heated andintensediscussionon this question yesterday.
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It was a time ofintensediscussionof issues, owing in large measure to their interconnectedness, recent historical occurrences, and the personalities of the individuals who participated in the dialogue.
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These matters have of course been the subject ofintensediscussion, and there has been intense examination of all the options.
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Both those reports have been the subject ofintensediscussionin laboratories, common rooms, learned societies, university senates and academic planning committees.
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These social map created anintensediscussionabout digital reputation and digital identities.
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The abrupt cancellation provokedintensediscussionin the information security industry.
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The lake's existence was the subject ofintensediscussionamong archaeologists in the 20th century.
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The issue was the subject ofintensediscussionamong user groups.
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There is no doubt that much moreintensediscussionis going on at industrial level, especially among the prime contractors, to find a solution to this interesting opportunity.
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Between 1970 and 1972 there wasintensediscussionregarding how the choir should be legally organized in the future.
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Now we come to to-day's debate, and we have got it coming at the end of a period ofintensediscussion of this question of possible damage to cultural monuments.
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Afterintensediscussionthe 28 decided that they would not take the plea and that as political activists they preferred to be put on trial.
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The rule has been the focus ofintensediscussionand given much impetus to exploring distributional patterns of plants and animals.
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