complete separation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompleteandseparation
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complete
adjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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separation
noun
uk/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which two or more people or things ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandseparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Enzymatic maceration enabledcompleteseparationof endosperm and maternal tissues.
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Eight were found which produced almostcompleteseparationof the members.
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For one thing, they did not live incompleteseparationduring the war: economically or politically.
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There must becompleteseparation.
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Canonical analysis of the data producedcompleteseparationbetween three of the five groups, the rest taking intermediate positions.
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Let us think of the benefits of thiscompleteseparation.
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They will use devolution as a springboard forcompleteseparation.
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Does she agree that there should becompleteseparation?
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I do not want to imply that there is acompleteseparationbetween the computer music composers and the sound artists: obviously there are cross-links.
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Indeed, there exists a continuum between the complete conceptual merging of the three elements at one end and theircompleteseparationat the other.
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Two of the handlers believe that organic winter pears would benefit from acompleteseparationbetween organic and conventional pear advertising and promotion.
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Thecompleteseparationof children from parents was only occasionally contemplated and the separation of men and women not at all.
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To them it is a resting point on the way tocompleteseparation.
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Those who argue forcompleteseparationare opting out of such benefits.
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To what extent does thecompleteseparationand independence of the tax of a person go?
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They will be designed to achieve thecompleteseparationof regulation from service provision.
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We might as well go the whole hog and have acompleteseparation.
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There are some who wantcompleteseparation; it does not satisfy them.
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In a number of other cases acompleteseparationis not possible for existing official records.
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That was a mistake, because there should be acompleteseparation.
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In the old days the choice was only between annexation andcompleteseparation.
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One has acompleteseparationoccurring because their physical properties are so different.
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It proposes thecompleteseparationof the executive function from the scrutiny function.
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In other words, should supporters ofcompleteseparationvote yes or no?
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