fierce controversy

collocation in English

meaningsoffierceandcontroversy

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fierce
adjective
uk
/fɪəs/us
/fɪrs/
physically violent ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition offierceandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffierce controversy

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There isfiercecontroversyover education, and these authorities must struggle to maintain education at its best.
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It has not aroused anyfiercecontroversyor called forth any considerable measure of approval.
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I remember a fairlyfiercecontroversywhich raged at the time about the best location.
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It lives, quite rightly, onfiercecontroversy.
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They were matters which arousedfiercecontroversy.
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Its attribution is, however, the object offiercecontroversyamong art historians.
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Bradlaugh was eventually acquitted on all charges, butfiercecontroversycontinued both in the courts and in the press.
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Thisfiercecontroversyfought in newspapers and even lectures prevented most of the research of the acquired material for the next years.
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At times, particularly in logic, this work led him into fierce controversies.
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However, this aroused afiercecontroversy.
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In the fierce controversies between empire and papacy, he sided unambiguously with the latter.
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In thefiercecontroversywhich broke out immediately afterwards, it was asserted that this outcome was not deliberate, and that the only intention was to intimidate the mutineers.
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What has been our case in the fierce controversies of the last three years?
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