widespread condemnation

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadandcondemnation

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widespread
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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condemnation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.dəmˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.dəmˈneɪ.ʃən/
the act of condemning something ...
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(Definition ofwidespreadandcondemnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There waswidespreadcondemnationof the actions of the metropolitan police in the popular press.
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I am surprised by the limited reference to farmers since they were surely threatened - as butchers were - by the drive for morewidespreadcondemnationof tuberculous carcasses.
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There has beenwidespreadcondemnationof yesterday's outrage from all sections of the community.
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When the time comes, they will pay a high price in terms of electoral support and an even higher price in terms ofwidespreadcondemnation.
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Thewidespreadcondemnationof this particular attack clearly demonstrated the utter rejection of violence by the community at large.
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Because they do not understand those things, or want to hear them, there iswidespreadcondemnationof country sports and pursuits.
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Now we are presented with a further watered-down proposal and once again it is receivingwidespreadcondemnation.
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The question is all the more pertinent in the light ofwidespreadcondemnationof pollution due to too many vehicles using the roads.
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However, the restoration efforts instead drewwidespreadcondemnationfrom art historians and preservationists worldwide.
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Despitewidespreadcondemnation, the eviction order was not rescinded.
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At the time, the incident drewwidespreadcondemnationfrom around the world.
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Their deaths provokedwidespreadcondemnationof the organisation responsible.
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There waswidespreadcondemnationof what was perceived to be an attack on free speech and the rights of a campaigning lawyer.
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The actions of the man, dubbed by the railway press as a vidiot drewwidespreadcondemnationfrom fellow enthusiasts and industry professionals alike.
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It has again been met withwidespreadcondemnation.
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That action has been met withwidespreadcondemnationby human rights groups.
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Widespreadcondemnationof the coup ensued, and regional countries imposed economic sanctions pending a return to a constitutional government.
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The demolition drewwidespreadcondemnationfrom the public, legislators, and conservationists, all of whom claimed the government action was contrary to the wishes of the public.
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There waswidespreadcondemnationof these actions.
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That widespread and sweeping condemnation is unfair to the degree that all widespread condemnations are unfair.
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