to counterattack
/ˈkaʊntɝəˌtæk/
verbto make an attack in response to someone else's attack
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1. Sure enough, his enemies launched a counterattack, but were defeated by the duke’s army.
2. And you're sort of, like, counterattacking.
3. The imperials then counterattacked, pushing D’Aumont downhill.
4. These caterpillars have a counterattack.
5. Characterized as a counterattack, the 1921 plan more accurately resembles a preemptive war.
counterattack
/ˈkaʊntɝəˌtæk/
nounan attack made in response to someone else's attack
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1. Sure enough, his enemies launched a counterattack, but were defeated by the duke’s army.
2. And you're sort of, like, counterattacking.
3. The imperials then counterattacked, pushing D’Aumont downhill.
4. These caterpillars have a counterattack.
5. Characterized as a counterattack, the 1921 plan more accurately resembles a preemptive war.
criticism
/ˈkɹɪtɪˌsɪzəm/
nounremarks that express disapproval of someone or something based on their errors or flaws
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1. Criticism is incredibly common in relationships.
2. Criticism looks like a globalizing criticism of your partner's deficiencies.
3. Criticism challenges our sense of value.
4. Criticism is a cry for help in disguise.
5. Criticism comes from an energy of anger.
to criticize
/ˈkɹɪtɪˌsaɪz/
verbto point out the faults or weaknesses of someone or something
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1. US senators have criticized TikTok for censorship, privacy, and child safety.
2. One of several times Pitino openly criticized his temperamental star.
3. But some people criticize the sport.
4. Experts have criticized Google’s privacy policies.
5. My two boys criticize my parenting all the time.
to cross swords
/kɹˈɔs sˈoːɹdz/
phraseto argue or have a disagreement with someone
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1. If we cross swords.
2. It's an expression, we crossed swords.
3. 2 crossed Remington rifles with Bayonets lie behind the parchment representing guatemala's willingness to defend itself and 2 crossed swords Representing honor.
4. So he clearly has crossed swords with Donald Trump.
5. So he clearly has crossed swords with Donald Trump.
deadlock
/ˈdɛdˌɫɑk/
nouna situation in which the parties involved do not compromise and therefore are unable to reach an agreement
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1. Following this, a deadlock emerged.
2. Amidst this deadlock, it was once again the audacious Robert Clive who turned the tides.
3. However, the stunning victories of Saladin in 1187 were enough to break the deadlock.
4. A deadlock is very likely.
5. We have our first deadlock ever!
deadlocked
/ˈdɛdˌɫɑkt/
adjective(of disagreements, disputes, etc.) unable to be settled because the parties involved do not compromise
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1. If the State Board is deadlocked like the Wayne County Board, will you Immediately Pursue a remedy in the COURTS?
2. Three countries INVOLVED are deadlocked over what COMES next.
3. That state is deadlocked
4. One of the 56 signers of the DECLARATION of independence was a PATRIOT from DELAWARE in JULY of 17, '76, the Continental Congress was deadlocked over the debate over independence.
5. For a while, the contest seemed deadlocked.
debatable
/dəˈbeɪtəbəɫ/
adjectiveunclear or uncertain because of the involvement of many different opinions
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1. That's debatable.
2. Baklava's origins are still debatable.
3. It is debatable.
4. Well, the effects of this holocaust of Protestant resistance are debatable.
5. That's debatable.
debate
/dəˈbeɪt/
nouna discussion about a particular issue between two opposing sides, mainly held publicly
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1. There is some debate about whether this is a good thing.
2. For centuries, the greatest minds in science debated this issue.
3. Debate ends.
4. My husband and I debated.
5. So this jury is debating this very high level.
to debate
/dəˈbeɪt/
verbto formally discuss a matter
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1. There is some debate about whether this is a good thing.
2. For centuries, the greatest minds in science debated this issue.
3. Debate ends.
4. My husband and I debated.
5. So this jury is debating this very high level.
to demur
/dɪˈmɝ/
verbto express one's disagreement, refusal, or reluctance
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1. The Grant administration wanted to annex it and the Dominican Republic, but Congress demurred.
2. - It is the order of this court that each of the 84 motions to strike and demurs are denied.
3. First of all, since the demur, we have more than 400 plaintiffs.
4. [Exodus 3:7-10] Moses demurs: Who me?
5. All of that seemed to have passed without any demur.
to dicker
/ˈdɪkɝ/
verbto argue with someone, particularly about the price of something
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1. The Taliban have got a really sophisticated network of dickers.
2. Make sure that you're just not over dickering things, that goes through your walls too.
3. The guy went up and started dickering, and 10 dollars later, we had four camels.
4. Look at his face, he's an oatmeal dicker from way back.
to disagree
/dɪsəˈɡɹi/
verbto hold or give a different opinion about something
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1. Other countries disagreed.
2. Netanyahu's close advisor at the time vehemently disagrees.
3. - Disagree.
4. Historians disagree.
5. The military tribunal disagreed.
disagreement
/dɪsəˈɡɹimənt/
nounan argument or a situation in which people have different opinions about something
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1. Lastly, good listeners separate disagreement from criticism.
2. We had a disagreement.
3. Healthy disagreement is an art.
4. Here's a disagreement.
5. [Narrator] Every family has disagreements.
to disassociate
/ˌdɪsəˈsoʊsieɪt/, /ˌdɪsəˈsoʊʃieɪt/
verbto make it known that one is not connected with or does not support or agree with someone or something; to declare that something does not have any connection with something else
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1. That can disassociate to one of those hydrogens popping off in an aqueous solution.
2. Each molecule or each sodium chloride pair disassociates into two molecules, into a sodium ion and a chlorine anion.
3. So a mole of glucose will disassociate into a mole of glucose in water.
4. It disassociates.
5. and disassociate myself with David.
discord
/ˈdɪskɔɹd/
nounlack of agreement between people
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1. Now Discord has roughly 250 million users and 14 million daily active users.
2. Discord emphasizes privacy.
3. Got on their discord.
4. He has sown discord.
5. Recently started a Discord server.
discordant
/dɪˈskɔɹdənt/
adjectivein disagreement
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1. It sounds a lot more discordant.
2. There were a few discordant voices.
3. No discordant note disturbed the work of the machine.
4. Meanwhile, a suit coat with elbow patches is probably going to look a little bit discordant in terms of overall formality.
5. - What do you call a discordant of songbirds?
disharmony
/dɪsˈhɑɹməni/
noundisagreement over important things that makes people become unfriendly toward one another
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1. And that whole pain was just a signal saying, disharmony, disharmony, don't go any further.
2. Once you have limited identity, you will cause disharmony.
3. Once you have limited identity, you will cause disharmony.
4. In practice however, political interference between the Frankish and Greek Emperors often caused disharmony in religious affairs.
5. This incompatibility would create disharmony in the relationship that ultimately would probably end the relationship.
disputable
/dɪˈspjutəbəɫ/
adjectivenot been proven right or true and therefore open to argument
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1. By the way, this is disputable because certainly it's possible to understand Jane Austen's prose style as emerging from the work of Samuel Johnson and Samuel Richardson, in particular, so it is disputable.
2. By the way, this is disputable because certainly it's possible to understand Jane Austen's prose style as emerging from the work of Samuel Johnson and Samuel Richardson, in particular, so it is disputable.
3. well and they also have disputable e the most famous puppet theater in all of Russia North Ossetia Aulani capital Vladikavkaz minority group the Assyrians and they are the only Iranian people group that have their own Republican Russia as and they're descended from people from Iran
4. This is also where you can find typical West African wildlife, like aardvarks, pikas, monkeys, giraffes, and the disputable national animal, the West African elephant.
5. This is, of course, disputable.
disputation
/dɪˈspjuˈteɪʃən/
noundiscussion of a topic over which people disagree
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1. And there shall be no disputations among you.
2. What are disputations?
3. So for example, one of the choices they make is that, early on, they translate works that will help them engage in dialectical disputation.
4. So, for humoralist physicians, then, that was the way it was preceded, and when syphilis first struck, there were disputations in which people sought the truth of the disease by looking through into Hippocrates, or what Galen had written.
5. And so there were disputes, disputations that were formally held through library medicine.
dispute
/dɪˈspjut/
nouna strong disagreement, particularly one that lasts long
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1. The Ford County Historical Society disputes this rendition.
2. Historians dispute this popular opinion as more myth than reality.
3. Dispute the claim.
4. And the parties dispute this material fact.
5. - They have disputes.
to dispute
/dɪˈspjut/
verbto argue with someone, particularly over the ownership of something
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1. The Ford County Historical Society disputes this rendition.
2. Historians dispute this popular opinion as more myth than reality.
3. Dispute the claim.
4. And the parties dispute this material fact.
5. - They have disputes.
dissension
/dɪˈsɛnʃən/
nounlack of agreement between people
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1. It's a source of tension, conflict, and dissension.
2. But this has created a lot of dissension, a lot of distraction.
3. But there is dissension within the enemy ranks.
4. There seems to be a push against dissension in academia.
5. And they will be fomenting dissension and problems with it.
dissent
/dɪˈsɛnt/
noundisagreement with what is officially or commonly accepted
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1. RBG's dissent reflected not just a close study and deep knowledge of anti-discrimination statutes and precedent.
2. He dissented.
3. Well, different dissents serve different functions.
4. And then different dissents serve different purposes.
5. Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissented.
to dissent
/dɪˈsɛnt/
verbto give or have opinions that differ from those officially or commonly accepted
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1. RBG's dissent reflected not just a close study and deep knowledge of anti-discrimination statutes and precedent.
2. He dissented.
3. Well, different dissents serve different functions.
4. And then different dissents serve different purposes.
5. Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissented.
dissenter
/dɪˈsɛntɝ/
nounsomeone who disagrees with a common belief or an official decision
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1. He joined the dissenters in June.
2. But so were the dissenters who actually-- ERIC FONER:
3. And the dissenters called-- ERIC FONER:
4. And a number of additional acts were introduced against dissenters between 1661 and 1665.
5. And you have four dissenters.
dissenting
/dɪˈsɛnɪŋ/, /dɪˈsɛntɪŋ/
adjectivehaving or giving opinions that differ from those officially or commonly accepted
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1. But Eisenhower is worried that Kennedy doesn't fully appreciate that Eisenhower set up in the national security apparatus to debate and argue dissenting views on all aspects of operations.
2. - I did this, a dissenting.
3. I think that, in a place like Google, I'm sure a lot of our audience would agree, sometimes we don't necessarily feel as comfortable dissenting.
4. I'm telling you there is no consensus and the dissenting opinions from some EXIST.
5. Allow dissenting opinions to be heard, confront them, correct them and put the accurate medical info out there so people can make the decisions for themselves.
dissidence
/ˈdɪsədəns/
nounstrong disagreement with and criticism of the policies of one's government, particularly where there is punishment for this action
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1. His latest is "Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field."
2. If they want to denounce the dissidence, heresies, and lacerations within the body politic of Israel they would even go on cutting off an arm of theirs to dramatize on the flesh this idea of-- these prophetic pronouncements that we're making.
3. So there was from the beginning an element of dissidence even amongst those who could be regarded as Elizabeth's most enthusiastic supporters.
4. Nonetheless, it was a clear statement of his unwillingness to tolerate dissidence from radical Protestants.
5. It's no revelation that North Korea takes political dissidence pretty seriously.
dissident
/ˈdɪsədənt/
nounsomeone who declares opposition to the government of one's country, knowing there is punishment for doing so
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1. In China, authorities have also installed cameras outside of dissidents’ homes.
2. Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is ending a 24-day hunger strike in prison.
3. The dissident then addressed his followers.
4. I am now arresting my dissidents for their thought-crimes.
5. So the dissidents and protesters and so forth are undermining national security.
dissident
/ˈdɪsədənt/
adjectivedisagreeing with official policies or popular beliefs, particularly where there is punishment for this action
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1. In China, authorities have also installed cameras outside of dissidents’ homes.
2. Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is ending a 24-day hunger strike in prison.
3. The dissident then addressed his followers.
4. I am now arresting my dissidents for their thought-crimes.
5. So the dissidents and protesters and so forth are undermining national security.
to dissociate
/dɪˈsoʊsieɪt/
verbto make it clear that one has no connection with or does not support or agree with someone or something; to state that something does not have any connection with something else
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1. She fully dissociates.
2. We're not dissociating.
3. The hydronium quickly dissociates to regular water and free hydrogen ions.
4. A high energy ultraviolet photon will dissociate that diatomic oxygen into two oxygen atoms.
5. We dissociate from the awareness of that thing.
dissociation
/dɪˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
nounthe action of displaying that one does not agree with something
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1. - Lemon dissociation is so good, Jenna.
2. And number 11 is dissociation.
3. Dissociation is no different.
4. Dissociation can also happen during a panic attack.
5. Dissociation and retraction are cutting data connections.
dissonance
/ˈdɪsənəns/
nounthe state in which people or things are in disagreement
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1. Here is a dissonance.
2. Finally, cognitive dissonance shows up with children.
3. So, cognitive dissonance is a little bit more subtle.
4. beyond functions, another use of modal interchange is smoothing out dissonance.
5. Third step is cognitive dissonance.
dissonant
/ˈdɪsənənt/
adjectivenot harmonious
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1. They sound dissonant.
2. A ratio like the square root of 2 to 1 will sound dissonant because our ears can't reconcile those two frequencies very easily.
3. the most dissonant interval in an augmented triad is the augmented 5th, equivalent to a minor 6th, which on its own sounds pretty nice.
4. And ultimately it produces a rather dissonant configuration.
5. Well, the premiere of The Rite of Spring was just as dissonant as some of these paintings are.
to disunite
/dɪsjuːnˈaɪt/
verbto cause disagreement or separation between a group of people
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1. In stark contrast, the Greeks were badly disunited.
2. Powerful houses, Holy Roman Empire, disunited central Europe, and I mean, someone needed to settle Indiana.
3. However, these expeditionary forces were disunited and vied for their own objectives.
4. As we covered in the last episode, they were notoriously disunited.
5. Disunited and outnumbered, the Natives of the frontier were direly outmatched.
disunity
/dɪsˈjunəti/
nounabsence of agreement among a group of people
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1. Par for the course in Celtic history, disunity hampered the British war effort.
2. Thirdly, and most importantly, was the constant disunity of the Rus people.
3. The Han Dynasty’s final collapse in 220AD was followed by 300 long years of disunity, vicious civil war, fleeting imperial governance, and constant invasion from the outside.
4. But rarer still are public displays of disunity among the different levels of the Communist party hierarchy.
5. The current signs of disunity within Chinese officialdom hint at the intense pressures that arise during public health crises.
to diverge
/dɪˈvɝdʒ/
verb(of views, opinions, etc.) to be different from each other
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1. Finally our lives are diverging.
2. Populations diverge into new species!
3. Sometimes price and value can diverge.
4. Dramatic shifts in scale diverge wildly from real life.
5. Muscles and glam rock In the '80s, men's style totally diverged.
divergence
/daɪˈvɝdʒəns/, /dɪˈvɝdʒəns/
nouna difference in interests, views, opinions, etc.
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1. This has positive divergence right over here.
2. So the divergence is negative in this situation.
3. So we have positive divergence.
4. So over here, divergence is positive.
5. A divergence occurs when a stock's price moves one way and RSI moves in the opposite direction.
to divide
/dɪˈvaɪd/
verbto cause disagreement among people
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1. They divided the day into 12 hours.
2. The committee divided the earth into 24 time zones.
3. The UK is divided into constituencies, each of which elects one member of parliament (M.P.) to represent them.
4. But distance often divides people.
5. The price-to-sales ratio divides the company’s stock price by its annual sales or revenue per share.
to divide and rule / conquer
/dɪvˈaɪd ænd ɹˈuːl kˈɑːnkɚ/
phraseto not allow people become united and pose a threat to one by keeping them busy through causing disagreement and argument between them
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1. By sharing knowledge and resources, scientists can divide and conquer any pathogen.
2. Yeah, so we'll just divide and conquer.
3. Divide and conquer comes from Roman times and means to divide the people that you're conquering so that they're weaker, not you split yourself and conquer them.
4. So it's frustrating that medical researchers and scientists are often rather careless in their evaluation of how technology is supposed to work, especially divide and conquer technology of this kind.
5. Divide and conquer always works.
divided
/dɪˈvaɪdɪd/
adjective(of a society, organization, or group) separated by disagreement
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1. Ownership of the network is somewhat divided.
2. The public was quite divided.
3. The civil society in Tanzania was deeply divided.
4. Other communities remained uneasily divided.
5. Other counties were much divided.
division
/dɪˈvɪʒən/
noundisagreement among members of a group or society
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1. We curse division.
2. He wants division.
3. You mentioned divisions.
4. And division actually threaten the country.
5. Divisions between people who identify with different nationalities, religions, races, genders, regions, political groups, news sources, and appearances.
divisive
/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/
adjectivecausing a split in people and resulting in their disagreement with each other
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1. And then, at the same time, says very divisive things.
2. That's divisive.
3. Dill is divisive.
4. Secondly, another referendum would be hugely divisive.
5. These sea and lake dwellers are often very divisive for people.
divisively
/dɪvˈaɪsɪvli/
adverbin a way that causes a split between people
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divisiveness
/dɪˈvaɪsɪvnəs/
nouna split in people disagreeing or opposing one another
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1. We've had, from on top, a lot of divisiveness and a lot of anti-police rhetoric.
2. No project embodies the Herculean nature and divisiveness of this business better than the Keystone XL pipeline.
3. The outbreak itself is unprecedented but divisiveness in which it is evolving is unprecedented.
4. No sign of the brutal divisiveness that had gotten him there.
5. He may admire Bertran de Born, but the strife, the divisiveness that his poetry fosters, now sort of has made a victim of him.