noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
internal
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Unti1 1939 the Labour Party was bedevilled by internal dissensions on this issue.
■ VERB
cause
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From his arrival, Greenhill caused dissension at Smith Barney.
sow
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Richard admitted that he had listened to the advice of people who were deliberately trying to sow dissension between them.
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Mail was cut up and severely censored, or fabricated to sow dissension within families.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Recent defeats had caused dissension in the army ranks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Already, the dissension is limiting his flexibility in negotiations.
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Any dissension over transactions occurring before the treaty date would be decided by the president of the United States.
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Had they stood behind him, the General Staff would have suppressed the dissension within its own ranks.
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However, even here there are signs of dissension within the ranks.
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The missionaries were not always aware of the dissension they sowed or of their part in the flowing of blood.
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The most dissension may come from competing rivals for higher office.
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There was religious dissension in the holy city of Qom and disaffection in many of the tribal areas.