dramatic illustration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdramaticandillustration
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dramatic
adjective
uk/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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illustration
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
a picture in a book, magazine, etc. or the process of ...
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(Definition ofdramaticandillustrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is adramaticillustrationof the far-reaching consequences of parasitism in one species mediated by coincidental changes in the physical features of the habitat.
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There could be no moredramaticillustrationof incompetence and boneheadedness.
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That is anotherdramaticillustrationof the effects of dumping at the present time.
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He said that the case was adramaticillustrationof the difficulties that arise under present legislation.
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That is adramaticillustrationof the power of modern fireworks.
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What moredramaticillustrationcan there be than that of the inequity of our present system?
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This is surely adramaticillustrationof the falsity of the line that we are drawing.
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That is adramaticillustrationof the benefit for businesses of our success in bringing down the rate of inflation.
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That is adramaticillustrationof the extent of this problem.
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Never has there been a moredramaticillustrationof the need for an appellate system and of the value of the appellate system being by way of appeal tribunals.
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It both publicizes the police's crime-fighting efforts and provides the press with adramaticillustrationto accompany stories about the arrest.
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