formidable opponent

collocation in English

meaningsofformidableandopponent

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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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opponent
noun[C]
uk
/əˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/əˈpoʊ.nənt/
a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to ...
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(Definition offormidableandopponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But if it was relatively easy to deal with worker unrest, the peasantry represented a moreformidableopponent.
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Although he has been aformidableopponentof ours, we are sorry to learn that he has passed away.
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He was a good friend and aformidableopponent.
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He was aformidableopponent, but he was one who always commanded respect.
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I knew him during the greater part of that time as a trenchant andformidableopponent.
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She was aformidableopponentand a politician of total integrity.
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We all know what aformidableopponenthe is.
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She is aformidableopponent, and one suspects that she could be a dangerous friend as well.
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He is always courteous and aformidableopponent.
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He is aformidableopponent.
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The badger is aformidableopponent.
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I found out that, as well as being a tough andformidableopponent, he was—as has already been said —a very kind and a very nice man.
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He was aformidableopponent.
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If used appropriately, with high-speed surprise attacks and good use of its exceptional thrust-to-weight ratio, it could be aformidableopponent.
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When up against aformidableopponent, it can protect the user by forming itself into a ball that nothing can penetrate.
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But if he's fighting on the wrong cause, he's aformidableopponent.
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