severe repression

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereandrepression

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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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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(Definition ofsevereandrepressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The ground was being prepared for moresevererepression.
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Both had recently seen their unions seriously weakened bysevererepression.
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But it is important to emphasize that it was not only the inclusive unions that were subject tosevererepression.
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There was alsosevererepression, in the shape of arrests and dismissals, of any dissenting voice from within the working class.
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If one looks at our own figures, the originating states are all scenes of internal conflict orsevererepression.
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The problem of dealing with the juvenile delinquent is very largely a problem of personality, once you get away fromsevererepression.
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There were between 5000 and 10000 deaths andsevererepression(170 executions of the leaders).
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In the postwar period, the population suffered great want and hunger as well as asevererepression.
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Manufacturers who had closed their businesses sought thesevererepressionof those who had pursued their activities.
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His death took place at the end of a year ofsevererepressionof his political party in the colony.
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All the difficulties could have been overcome without anysevererepression, if sustained economic and social development had been encouraged and law and order had been maintained by the administration.
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The political impasse continued over the next few years during which time the regime dealt with its opponents usingsevererepression.
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