fierce opposition
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffierceandopposition
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fierce
adjective
uk/fɪəs/us/fɪrs/
physically violent ...
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opposition
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition offierceandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Despite its modest aims, the proposal arousedfierceoppositionand was never systematically implemented.
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The proposal to omit this phrase met withfierceoppositionfrom the other member states.
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Third, enclosure and the rollback of common right, as we shall see, also often generatedfierceoppositionfrom commoners.
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In all those cases, afterfierceoppositionfor a year or two, the medical profession came round.
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The public as a whole will think it wrong that there should be suchfierceoppositionto an experiment.
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Those skills are essential if we are to press home attacks in the face offierceopposition.
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That involved another proposal for a concrete batching plant—in his constituency, not mine —which attracted similarlyfierceoppositionfrom local residents.
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Is he also aware that this was done in the teeth of the mostfierceoppositionfrom all the local authorities there?
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Again, there wasfierceoppositionby the trade unions, and they were absolutely right to react in that way.
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This is wherefierceoppositionis frequently met from politicians, institutions and public opinion.
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He facedfierceoppositionfrom some of his colleagues.
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Many of the men who are now in a different situation mountedfierceopposition.
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Any move to end free travel will be met with thefierceoppositionof not just parents but of politicians, too.
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Not so long ago they were united in their veryfierceoppositionto a property tax.
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If so, it will meetfierceopposition.
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Those who fail to do this—and there have been some of both political colours—have come unstuck and have run intofierceoppositionand all sorts of trouble.
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However, there wasfierceoppositionto the plan, and there were congestion concerns, to the extent that an alternative, off-line route has been proposed at a cost of £58 million.
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Its report in 1982 on current nutritional thinking met with suchfierceoppositionfrom the food industry that it was partially suppressed for nearly two years.
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He claimed that the move, which was passed withfierceopposition, was one of the most radical reforms.
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