sustained attack
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsustainedandattack
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sustained
adjective
uk/səˈsteɪnd/us/səˈsteɪnd/
continuing for a ...
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attack
noun
uk/əˈtæk/us/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofsustainedandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The employers used the strike to launch asustainedattackon centralised collective bargaining.
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He does these things basically through asustainedattackon grammatical and conceptual autonomy.
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Thesustainedattackhas been on points of application, in the method by which the principle is being put into practice.
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Whether transport is free, or fares are fixed or low, there must be a positive,sustainedattackon high fares immediately.
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At one time teachers were subjected tosustainedattack.
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But one must not underestimate the effect of this concentrated andsustainedattack, because much of it sounds very reasonable.
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We are talking about asustainedattackon our democratic structures.
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It seems that council housing and municipal housing were undersustainedattackby the previous government all the way through.
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I pay my tribute all the more willingly because local authorities have recently come under intense andsustainedattack.
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The episode was not some isolated rush of blood to her head but asustainedattack.
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Thesustainedattackthat has been made on the autonomy and independence of local government is rapidly becoming a constitutional crisis.
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We have also made asustainedattackon child poverty.
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It appears that asustainedattackhas been launched upon me.
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There is a need for an immense andsustainedattackon these problems.
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Members of the teaching profession act as any reasonable professionals would after years ofsustainedattack, by voting with their feet and leaving the profession.
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That success is an important one, in that the integrity of the 1988 budget decisions has been successfully defended from asustainedattackby those who wish to weaken them.
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It was a fierce andsustainedattack.
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Our free society is undersustainedattack.
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The past decade has seen an increase in the pace of enforced change which amounts to asustainedattackon local democracy and on local government.
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I believe that the time has come for us to pool our efforts and launch a determined andsustainedattackon overweight and obesity.
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