direct clash

collocation in English

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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clash
noun
uk
/klæʃ/us
/klæʃ/
a fight or argument ...
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(Definition ofdirectandclashfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect clash

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It is an offence which, of its very nature, almost invariably results in evidence which consists of adirectclash.
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Where there is adirectclashof freedoms of conscience of this kind, which view prevails must be worked out by those concerned.
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We were thus confronted with adirectclashof opinion between what appeared to be equally qualified experts.
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It would obviously be highly undesirable to have not just adirectclashbut even a near miss.
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He does not realise that injunctions may lead to adirectclashbetween the courts and workers.
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I am not aware that it has ever come to adirectclashor vote.
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I was saying that if we make the obligations too expensive, there will be adirectclashbetween the interests of leavers and those of stayers.
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There is adirectclashof opinion, but, because of the equality of representation on the committee, the result will be a simple paralysis of the decision-making process.
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The purpose of the amendment is to highlight the problems that may be caused if there is adirectclash between the passenger transport authority and the passenger transport executive.
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The communists, in turn, decided to avoiddirectclashwith main nationalist force but instead, attack the weaker ones by outflanking the nationalists.
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Battipagliese 3rd about the direct clashes.: 92.
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Giorgione 10th about the direct clashes.: 25.
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Anziolavinio 9th about the direct clashes.: 64.
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Deruta 8th about the direct clashes.: 46.
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Sanvitese 14th about the direct clashes.: 26.
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Rudianese 10th about the direct clashes.: 13.
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Colognese 17th about the direct clashes.: 15.
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Licata 8th about the direct clashes.: 93.
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Jesina 8th about the direct clashes.: 53.
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Sambiase 10th about the direct clashes.: 94.
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