ethnic clashes

collocation in English

meaningsofethnicandclash

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ethnic
adjective
uk
/ˈeθ.nɪk/us
/ˈeθ.nɪk/
relating or belonging to a group of people who can be seen as distinct (= different) because they have a shared culture, tradition, language, history, ...
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clash
noun
uk
/klæʃ/us
/klæʃ/
a fight or argument ...
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(Definition ofethnicandclashfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the ethnic clashes which occurred in the second half of the 1980s in the city were unprecedented in their scale and brutality.
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In these areas, strong ethnic clashes and cultural factors influenced desertion.
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There has been some ethnic clashes between them.
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Some ethnic clashes have occurred between the tribes (e.g., cattle raiding).
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They conduct analysis and research on conflict at a range of levels, as well as monitor potential political and ethnic clashes.
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Due to these ethnic clashes there has been some migration of villagers to safer places.
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Gorbachev's policies resulted in gradual and general liberalisation but also unleashed violent ethnic clashes.
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The golden jubilee of the church was in 1996 but the celebration was not held until 2000, due to the ethnic clashes that were occurring at that time.
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Mitrovica became the focus for ethnic clashes between the two communities, exacerbated by the presence of nationalist extremists on both sides.
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