intense opposition

collocation in English

meaningsofintenseandopposition

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intense
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtens/us
/ɪnˈtens/
extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) ...
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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition ofintenseandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintense opposition

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Like his grandfather, as well, he facedintenseoppositionto this approach.
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This cost is all the greater given theintenseoppositionto health reform that its proponents predictably face.
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Where the labour movement is powerful, however, we should expectintenseoppositionto result in the obstruction of reform efforts or, at least, in major concessions.
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It was bound to arouseintenseoppositionfrom the people who had made their homes there, and it did.
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Everyman-made lake always arouses the mostintenseoppositionfrom someone.
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Again, you getintenseoppositionaroused by the combination of benefactions under a county education authority.
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I can understand theintenseoppositionwhich he will have to meet.
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If they continue to do so, it will meet withintenseoppositionand divide national unity.
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I cannot see why suchintenseoppositionhas been aroused.
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Without doubt, there is widespread andintenseoppositionto the helicopter link on the grounds of the environmental disturbance that it causes.
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I could have told him of a case where precisely the contrary view was taken by the local people, and where a proposal to remove bracken receivedintenseopposition.
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If that is so, surely we should learn from our experience over museum charges, which raised suchintenseoppositionthat they eventually had to be abandoned.
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First, there has beenintenseoppositionlocally.
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Air crews were warned thatintenseoppositionwould be met over the dropping zone.
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The project has receivedintenseoppositionfor neighbors concerned about increased truck traffic on local streets that lead to the highway interchange.
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The three companies that followed encountered similarlyintenseopposition.
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A fully developed plan was released in 1965, and while it had the support of the civic and federal governments,intenseoppositionfrom nearby residents quashed the proposal.
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The government withdrew its permission underintenseoppositionfrom different sectors of the community including sarpanchas, social activists, women's groups and members of the ruling party itself.
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