nightmare scenario

collocation in English

meaningsofnightmareandscenario

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nightmare
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnaɪt.meər/us
/ˈnaɪt.mer/
a very upsetting or ...
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scenario
noun[C]
uk
/sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/us
/səˈner.i.oʊ/
a description of possible actions or events in ...
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(Definition ofnightmareandscenariofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In reality, of course, networking is not growing so quickly that such anightmarescenariois imminent.
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I thought that he would go for the so-called "nightmarescenario", which means a partial withdrawal, and which has scarcely been mentioned in the debate.
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We are now fulfilling what was the inquiry'snightmarescenario.
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I should say also that this is anightmarescenario.
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Instead, deregulation dogma fuelled by complacency has caused anightmarescenariofor consumers and farmers alike.
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Assuming that sheriff powers were to be meaningful, anothernightmarescenariowas raised earlier.
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What is he going to do about thatnightmarescenario?
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It is anightmarescenariofor parents and children alike.
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That is thenightmarescenariothat is before us.
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I hope it will not be anightmarescenario, but that remains to be seen.
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The patient now faces anightmarescenario.
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Thenightmarescenariois unlikely.
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It would create something of anightmarescenariofor the new services which would continually have to seek out and train new and independent persons to work with local authorities.
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The people who have to cope with the problem daily have my deepest admiration for the way in which they endure what is inevitably anightmarescenario.
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He went on to refer to the possibility that either an institution or the funding council might go completely off the rails—anightmarescenario, was the term he used.
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Thenightmarescenariofor landlords is that the leaseholders acquire the right to manage in order to reduce to the minimum the level of service charges.
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A spokesman for the ambulance service described the situation as a "nightmarescenario", stating, for example, that paramedics have not yet been trained to use clot-busting drugs on heart-attack patients.
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But this trend is especially anightmarescenariofor medical researchers, who have every apprehension that they will be at the mercy of the pharmaceutical companies.
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Academic librarians and their lawyers have described the case as anightmarescenario.
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However, thenightmarescenarioof floating in mid-ocean while watching one's boat sail away under auto-pilot makes many single-handers very cautious.
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