complete reversal

collocation in English

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complete
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpliːt/us
/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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reversal
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈvɜː.səl/us
/rɪˈvɝː.səl/
the act of changing or making something change to ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandreversalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The requirement of acompletereversalof good and evil could come about in several ways.
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Most importantly, in acompletereversalof earlier practice, the members of the sarakuna came to stay at the leprosarium.
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Switching the transgene off again led to acompletereversalof cognitive abilities.
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This would, however, require acompletereversalof the current rural policy logic.
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We interpret this effect as an indication of thecompletereversalof the direction of bifurcation of the periodic solution if an even stronger nonsymmetry is imposed on the system.
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Notice that at 1d downstream the numerical model properly predicts a region where the flow undergoes acompletereversalof direction.
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It is acompletereversalof the truth.
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Now, however, there has been acompletereversal.
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It would be acompletereversalof our traditional practice to adopt a centralised system of that kind.
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The country is deeply interested in these domestic matters, and thecompletereversalof policy has been noticed.
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We must plan for acompletereversalof the tide of events to take place within the next six months.
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Here is acompletereversalof that process.
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This is acompletereversalof 50 years of public authority housing policy.
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These are hard facts, acompletereversalof the things we were told over the years.
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In fact, it proposes acompletereversalof the existing law.
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This is acompletereversalof the position between 1886 and 1913.
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There has been acompletereversaland change of policy.
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In dealing with provisions which are both extremely complicated and of the greatest magnitude, there is acompletereversalof the usual procedure.
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It is acompletereversalof the position we have taken up since 1870.
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