single stroke

collocation in English

meaningsofsingleandstroke

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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stroke
noun
uk
/strəʊk/us
/stroʊk/
a sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of ...
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(Definition ofsingleandstrokefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is something brute about this conclusion which threatens to trivialise one's subject matter and seems capable of draining its meaningfulness at asinglestroke.
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I have never heard him dismiss a composer in asinglestroke.
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In some cases this consisted of a succession of percussive attacks, in others this was no more than asinglestrokeon a drum.
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André thus solves at asinglestrokemany of the current problems facing a present-day composer of opera or music theatre: the result is as ill-starred as it is stultifying.
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This means that those who, in the past, have collected tithe, will be deprived at asinglestrokeof their business without any compensation whatever.
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It is also suggested that legalisation would at asinglestrokeeliminate the extremely lucrative criminal activity that is associated with drugs.
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Here we see, at onesinglestroke, the totality of individual equity share ownership almost doubled.
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His amendment would shift the boundary an enormous distance at asinglestroke.
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We cannot do it overnight, or by asinglestrokeof policy.
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Now, in asinglestroke, the whole of that goodwill is cast away.
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At this critical juncture, the control of foreign exchange was abolished at asinglestroke.
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Let us beware lest we undo the good work of a century by asinglestroke.
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By asinglestroke, or series of strokes, he may be said to have altered the history of the world.
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At asinglestroke, it is possible for people, who never enter a pub or an off-licence, on impulse to buy off the shelves in supermarkets.
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I should make the point that assisted area status, by itself, is not a panacea, dispelling at asinglestrokeall the ills that are perceived as affecting an area.
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We cannot disregard that fact and make a pretence of believing that such economies as we desire can be obtained by asinglestrokeof the pen.
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Four or five years ago we initiated a tremendous political reform, and an electorate of 37,000 was increased at asinglestroketo one of 7,000,000.
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If this deflation had been concentrated into onesinglestrokeof policy for all the country to see, the severity of the impact would have been that much clearer.
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