internal strife

collocation in English

meaningsofinternalandstrife

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internal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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strife
noun[U]
uk
/straɪf/us
/straɪf/
violent or ...
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(Definition ofinternalandstrifefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These calculations would be further complicated under the extraordinary circumstances of secession,internalstrifein border regions, and civil war.
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When the alternative is very destructiveinternalstrife, the cost may seem cheap.
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It is particularly unfortunate that the country is still torn byinternalstrife.
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Periods of peace were punctuated by invasion andinternalstrife.
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It would perpetuate divisions, and might lead to continuedinternalstrife.
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That has demonstrated to parts of the world where there is conflict andinternalstrifethat working together can build a better society.
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I believe that only one half-day ofinternalstrifewas recorded within the company.
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I stress again that this sort ofinternalstrifeand corrupting inefficiency gravely affects our exports.
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I say that amidst all these differences there can be nothing butinternalstrifeand scrapping one with the other.
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They solved all their problems, and they are difficult problems, without seriousinternalstrife.
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If it existed then it was partial only and it was soon torn to shreds byinternalstrife.
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It is always a difficult circumstance when there isinternalstrifein a country which is a member of an alliance.
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Inevitably many victims come from countries suffering frominternalstrifeor where there is ineffective law and order.
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They separately published a code of conduct and a draft model declaration oninternalstrife.
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There has been a large amount ofinternalstrifeduring the last 25 years by strikes, and the industry has been the subject of much legislation.
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Some governments that seem to have had totalitarian tendencies have made a practice, when there has beeninternalstrife, at once to create some external divergence to unite the nation.
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It is in that setting of a world in whichinternalstrifeis increasingly rampant that we face the situation of those who seek asylum in a more distant country.
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