determined opponent

collocation in English

meaningsofdeterminedandopponent

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determined
adjective
uk
/dɪˈtɜː.mɪnd/us
/dɪˈtɝː.mɪnd/
wanting to do something very much and not allowing anyone or any difficulties to ...
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opponent
noun[C]
uk
/əˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/əˈpoʊ.nənt/
a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to ...
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(Definition ofdeterminedandopponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He has also shown himself adeterminedopponentto us in the past.
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I declare an interest as adeterminedopponentof all who steal the intellectual property of others.
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Every link in the chain must be protected if oil supplies are to be safeguarded against adeterminedopponent.
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The premises themselves must be protected against attack and the guards who protect them must be able to resist adeterminedopponentwho might be armed.
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The soul is bound to the body, so the sorcerer can not die a natural death, but can still be destroyed by adeterminedopponent.
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Moynier was adeterminedopponentof this plan, which he did not consider realistic and thought its insistence risked the collapse of the project.
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He was adeterminedopponentof the regime from its first days.
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Similarly, he is adeterminedopponentof what he perceives as the pretensions of the papacy.
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The most determined opponents of the manuals were however the clergy.
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Elizabeth became adeterminedopponentof papal control and re-introduced separatist ideas.
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It was claimed there were many healings, conversions of some of the churchs most determined opponents, and radical transformations of life and character.
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Whatever he believed to be right, that he advocated with all his power; and he won the esteem of even his most determined opponents.
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However, the animals were often not tractable in battle, and when faced with determined opponents, would often flee and trample their own infantry in their flight.
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