fierce criticism

collocation in English

meaningsoffierceandcriticism

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fierce
adjective
uk
/fɪəs/us
/fɪrs/
physically violent ...
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criticism
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
the act of saying that something or someone ...
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(Definition offierceandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is little wonder that there isfiercecriticismin the industry and the media about such foot dragging.
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There has beenfiercecriticismnot only in the left-wing media, but also, to a great extent, in the conservative media.
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There has been somefiercecriticismof the compulsory element in being called for interview.
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By putting such products on the market for sale they would be putting themselves in danger offiercecriticismfrom several directions.
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Despitefiercecriticismthe council gave its approval of the planned development, in 1985.
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The proposed redevelopment drewfiercecriticismfrom some sectors of the community, who feared loss of an important heritage site.
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Public sociology facesfiercecriticismon the grounds of both of its logic and its goals.
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She facesfiercecriticism, between now and then, because of her opposition to corruption.
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Scared by thatfiercecriticism, she then turned to writing in the proletkult and socialist-realistic fashion.
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It also drewfiercecriticismfrom those who felt it transgressed the boundaries of propriety.
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The idea of evolutionary progress was subjected to somefiercecriticismin the latter part of the twentieth century.
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The tower has withstoodfiercecriticismand calls for its demolition, and is now a widely appreciated landmark.
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Chertok found that the psychoanalysts neglected the practice and phenomenon of hypnosis, and thus made himself an object offiercecriticismfrom their side.
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He facedfiercecriticismat the time for his apparent insouciance in the face of the collapse of the stated central plank of his economic policy.
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Whatever course he takes he must encounter not only fierce criticisms but valid criticisms, and no course which he can take can possibly avoid those criticisms.
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