suppression effort

collocation in English

meaningsofsuppressionandeffort

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suppression
noun[U]
us
//uk
/-ˈpreʃ.ən/
the act of ending something ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofsuppressionandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The total cost of the firesuppressioneffortwas over $38.7 million.
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Local fire suppression efforts were incapable of preventing the damage due to lack of fire personnel and old equipment.
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If the paintbrush is fire-adapted, it would experience negative effects from fire suppression efforts.
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Over the next 12 days, more than 190 personnel were dedicated to fire suppression efforts.
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Fire suppression efforts are generally detrimental to the species.
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Suppression efforts succeeded only after five days of hard work and about ten square miles of woodland were burned.
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Some foresters questioned the economic logic of such suppression efforts.
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Generally fires near communities, industrial infrastructure, and forests with high commercial and recreation value are given high priority for suppression efforts.
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Fire suppression efforts decrease the abundance of the shrub and frequent burns increase it.
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Although the suppression efforts resulted in declines at gambling venues and resulted in a business downturn, the city was recharged, literally, when the dam was completed in 1935.
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