constitutional crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofconstitutionalandcrisis

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constitutional
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.əl/
allowed by or contained in ...
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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofconstitutionalandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstitutional crisis

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Any of these vetoes would have raised theconstitutionalcrisisto a higher level.
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As theconstitutionalcrisisgrew, he was increasingly spoken of as a potential caretaker non-party prime minister.
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This ultimately led to aconstitutionalcrisisand the subsequent paralysis of government in 1995, which the 1996 elections only partly resolved.
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In the meantime, expert bodies have put forward at least a dozen different solutions to theconstitutionalcrisis.
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The time will come when we find a solution in order to unblock thisconstitutionalcrisis.
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That is the only way by which we can avert a possibleconstitutionalcrisis, which was referred to in some speeches at the weekend.
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I would rather have a smallerconstitutionalcrisisnow than a big one later on.
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We are faced today with nothing less than aconstitutionalcrisis.
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I shall not refer to any possibility of aconstitutionalcrisis.
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I am not sure that this issue is clear-cut enough to make it appropriate to promote aconstitutionalcrisis.
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I have the inescapable impression that he welcomes the opportunity to create aconstitutionalcrisiswhere noconstitutionalcrisisexists.
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Is this really an issue on which, or is this the right moment, to face aconstitutionalcrisis?
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It will be misrepresented by the media and by some politicians as a majorconstitutionalcrisis.
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The second has not taken place, in part as a result of theconstitutionalcrisisand in part because of financial constraint.
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It raises the possibility of an acute and unprecedentedconstitutionalcrisisin this country.
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There is nothing mysterious or sinister about this and it is quite untrue to suggest that we prolonged theconstitutionalcrisisto get this through.
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Yet he was allowed to address us from his place after he had voted and nearly caused aconstitutionalcrisis.
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In 1911 there was a greatconstitutionalcrisis.
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We could be heading for an interestingconstitutionalcrisis.
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It appears that we have stumbled on aconstitutionalcrisisby accident, as it were.
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