verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chaos ensues (= it happens as a result of something )
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A decade of civil war and chaos ensued.
panic ensues formal (= happens after something else happens )
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Panic ensued as people ran out of the burning building.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
when
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Probably the putsch of 30 September 1965 was intended to pre-empt the power struggle which must ensue when the president died.
■ NOUN
battle
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Then others opened up and a miniature battle ensued .
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The senior registrar contract arrived dated May 1988, and a six month battle ensued to get it backdated to January 1987.
chaos
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When the crossings resumed, chaos ensued .
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If chaos ensues nothing will maintain value....
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Many people are afraid that if more than one important thing is going on, chaos will ensue .
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If too much new material is released from the unconscious, then chaos ensues .
debate
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A detailed debate ensued about the technique's degree of reliability and accuracy.
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Rothenberg said he would be watching Harkin and Baucus particularly closely as the Senate debate ensues .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I objected to what he had just said and a heated argument then ensued.
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The police were called in to quell the riot that ensued.
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When police told them to leave, an argument ensued.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A standoff ensued as hostages begged troops not to fire.
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Amiss wondered if apoplexy would ensue , but all that followed was silence.
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Here we were sorted our into groups according to the types of honours and quite a long wait ensued.
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In the ensuing struggle, Meleager dies.
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The ensuing crash and fire killed three of the four people aboard.
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The glances exchanged by Faye and Roberta told Alice that trouble would ensue .
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The theory was that, by letting seniors buy their own plans, competition would ensue and prices would drop.
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This may sound reassuring, but the promised double-digit returns may not ensue .