dangerous combination

collocation in English

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dangerous
adjective
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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combination
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/
the mixture you get when two or more things ...
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(Definition ofdangerousandcombinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Desiring the possibilities but rejecting the responsibilities is adangerouscombination.
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Prejudice plus power is adangerouscombination.
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That is a verydangerouscombination.
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That is adangerouscombinationof responsibilities which cannot be tolerated.
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It is both an enforcement agency and a monitoring organisation; a verydangerouscombination.
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We should, therefore, face the fact that probably the mostdangerouscombinationof all is the combination of alcohol and drugs.
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Scorponok was portrayed as adangerouscombinationknown as a thug with a brain.
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Thedangerouscombinationof drugs and alcohol was a factor in the incident.
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Mechanical connection of the vibration source to the human body, however, provides a potentiallydangerouscombination.
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This left the government looking both economically foolish and politically weak, a verydangerouscombination.
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They are not happy either, and an unhappy army with nothing to do, facing unemployment and combined with a starving populace is a verydangerouscombination.
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Cold weather, poor rations and harsh treatment proved adangerouscombinationfor someone already suffering to tuberculosis.
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These materials, being acidic, can react readily with the metal, producing hydrogen and heat, adangerouscombination.
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The two proposals we are considering, which will enable the courts not only to sit in private but also to ignore the rules of evidence, are adangerouscombination.
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The spaceship contains adangerouscombinationof various gases, which cause people to go insane, and lose control of their actions.
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Taking ethylmorphine in combination with alcohol or other drugs that have a suppressive effect on the central nervous system boosts both drugs' effects, creating adangerouscombination.
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As both have the potential to yield individuals claiming an unshakable fervor for their cause, this can be a ratherdangerouscombination, a fact clearly acknowledged by the novel's author.
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