Collocations withreversal

These are words often used in combination withreversal.

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complete reversal
The requirement of a complete reversal of good and evil could come about in several ways.
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dramatic reversal
What lies behind such a dramatic reversal?
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geomagnetic reversal
Palynological controls and calibration with the high-resolution geomagnetic reversal record allows the duration of the event to be estimated at 800,000 years.
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major reversal
Given the ratio of railway network to road network, we shall be unable to bring about a major reversal.
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reversal of fortune
A reversal of fortune came two years later by a more conventional path.
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sudden reversal
Visual evoked potentials to sudden reversal of the motion of a pattern.
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vasectomy reversal
Two procedures are possible at the time of vasectomy reversal: vasovasostomy (vas deferens to vas deferens connection) and vasoepididymostomy (epididymis to vas deferens connection).
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