formidable combination
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformidableandcombination
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formidable
adjective
uk/fɔːˈmɪd.ə.bəl/us/fɔːrˈmɪd.ə.bəl/
causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, ...
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combination
noun
uk/ˌkɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/
the mixture you get when two or more things ...
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(Definition offormidableandcombinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is a rare andformidablecombination.
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His light touch, which we shall, no doubt, see again soon, is aformidablecombinationof subtlety and steel.
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I do not believe that it is either cowardice or defeatism to take note now of thisformidablecombinationof difficulties that confronts us.
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And when we do eventually arrive at an understanding, we make aformidablecombination.
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That, properly used, is a powerful andformidablecombination.
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There you have a potential combination, and if it became actual, it would be a veryformidablecombination.
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There we have aformidablecombinationfor manufacturing and regulating the whole of the output of the electric lamp industry.
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But even thisformidablecombinationof two illustrious counsel and myself was unsuccessful.
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But, by theformidablecombinationof intellectual stature and caring for ordinary people, he won them over.
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It is aformidablecombination.
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It was aformidablecombination.
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That is aformidablecombination—men who appear to delight in war having ready to hand engines of war more powerful than any which have before been devised.
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This is aformidablecombination.
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It is a trulyformidablecombination.
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Having attended the military academy together with rang, the pair make aformidablecombination.
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