communal conflict

collocation in English

meaningsofcommunalandconflict

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communal
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/us
/ˈkɑː.mjə.nəl/
belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofcommunalandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The intensification ofcommunalconflictfurther only made this consensus more difficult to achieve.
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The failure of the alliance has been attributed to the discord caused bycommunalconflictwithin the ministry, which made the coalition unworkable.
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The fear of 'communalconflict' and violence was predominantly represented in terms of longstanding assumptions regarding the nature of internal 'religious', 'ethnic' and other divisions.
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In recent years, as a result ofcommunalconflict, this tendency has increased.
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It is acommunalconflictbetween states or groups from different civilizations that has become violent.
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Government officials and observers expressed concern that the violence could result in opencommunalconflict.
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So-called communal conflicts, for example, often over access to natural resources, including land and water, are a common example.
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Communal conflicts have multiplied since the return to democracy in 1999, when fifteen years of military rule came to an end.
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In other instances, violent low-level ethnic conflict persists, and the formal institutions have been either underutilised or ineffective in promoting a peaceful resolution to some communal conflicts.
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Excellent as this report is, it does not go into the laws of those countries in which communal conflicts are a major problem.
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The territory suffers from continued communal conflicts.
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