outbreak of violence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoutbreakandviolence
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outbreak
noun[C]
uk/ˈaʊt.breɪk/us/ˈaʊt.breɪk/
a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous ...
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violence
noun[U]
uk/ˈvaɪə.ləns/us/ˈvaɪə.ləns/
actions or words that are intended to ...
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(Definition ofoutbreakandviolencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There was a seriousoutbreakofviolence, which went largely unreported in the national press.
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I was not the slightest bit surprised by theoutbreakofviolence.
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There were many references to theoutbreakofviolencewhich was the background against which so much of the debate has taken place.
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Thisoutbreakofviolencehas shocked and scandalised the whole country.
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I greatly regret theoutbreakofviolenceby some of the demonstrators and the injuries substained both by members of the public and police officers.
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It was precipitated by anoutbreakofviolence.
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To get this matter in the right perspective it is necessary brieflly to go over the background to this recentoutbreakofviolence.
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It was against that back ground and theoutbreakofviolencethat the 1970–75 development programme was prepared.
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Has the international community failed to prevent theoutbreakofviolence?
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I interpret thisoutbreakofviolenceas a cry for help.
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Given that acceptance, there can be no excuse whatever for anyoutbreakofviolencethis weekend or thereafter.
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That is another way of saying that it is impossible to tell who will cause anoutbreakofviolence.
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It is sad that we are here today debating the currentoutbreakofviolence.
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We are faced with this appallingoutbreakofviolence.
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Does he think that unemployment is perhaps one of the causes of this freshoutbreakofviolence?
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By doing nothing we share some of the guilt for the fact that thisoutbreakofviolencehas taken place.
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The agreements that were in place before the recentoutbreakofviolencemust be further developed and, above all, implemented.
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The recentoutbreakofviolenceand crime has impressed me with a further conviction.
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