adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a heated argument (= involving very strong feelings )
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Someone was having a heated argument with a police officer.
a heated exchange (= a very angry conversation )
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I overheard a heated exchange between John and his wife.
a heated/fierce debate (= in which people express strong opinions in an angry way )
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There has been a fierce debate over the way the war was fought.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
centrally
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So they tend not to thrive in dry centrally heated rooms.
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Remove seedlings from windowsills at night, as even centrally heated houses can become icy near the windows.
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Dry, centrally heated homes with their low-humidity atmosphere just make matters worse.
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There are 20 centrally heated bedrooms, each of which has been individually designed.
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In modern, centrally heated homes, chilblains occur less and less.
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The result - we have beautiful new homes and centrally heated redundancy!
■ NOUN
argument
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Witnesses have already given descriptions of the pair who were seen having what appeared to be a heated argument .
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It may mean heated arguments , harsh words and hurt feelings, but once the air is cleared everyone will feel better.
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After a short heated argument , the inspector agreed to pay the costs in cash from his local station funds.
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There was heated argument at the meeting, with strongly differing views advanced.
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Some one there was having a heated argument with an official, who then called the guard to deal with the matter.
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There was a heated argument between the two men which at length it fell to Branson to settle.
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Her husband was having a heated argument with a short fat woman about television as an inducement to juvenile delinquency.
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After the match Trevor and I had a heated argument over what will, undoubtedly, be another suspension.
debate
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There was heated debate , but by the casting vote of the chairman we got our grant.
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There was heated debate regarding the performance of number of ministers.
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After fifteen months of heated debate , Billingham was abandoned.
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Around such alternatives have views polarised in the heated debate over what the bill means for viewers.
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Indeed, this is an area of heated debate and it is quite difficult to tease out what is actually going on.
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But even wind power, as heated debates at various public enquiries have revealed, is not without its critics.
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This set off another heated debate .
discussion
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He comes, and after a heated discussion he commits himself to closing down the factory by 1992.
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It got off to a hairy start with several heated discussions about what a wild boar is.
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As the three men entered the room there were several heated discussions in progress.
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The clause on state language provoked heated discussion .
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They are, accordingly, the object of much heated discussion by economists and politicians as well as by social scientists.
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We liked to talk about things, to search each other's memories for information and sometimes to have heated discussions .
exchange
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For a few minutes there were heated exchanges between the two.
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That wasn't a truth he wanted to hear so there was quite a heated exchange .
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Ken Clarke, having listened to one of our more heated exchanges , wondered if we would ever speak to each other again.
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He had heard a heated exchange between Day and William Tidbury while they were in custody at Newbury.
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She was an only child and hated her parents' heated exchanges .
roller
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While her hair was set in large heated rollers to give fullness, Lizzie set to work on Angela's make-up.
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These wax-filled heated rollers have soft rubber surface which means they are gentle and kind to hair.
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Try not to use heated rollers , styler or dryer every day.
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Constant use of hairdryers and heated rollers takes its toll.
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Then you can either blow dry or use heated rollers or tongs.
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If you are using heated rollers , make sure they and your hair are completely cold before you remove them.
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Use styling products that are designed to add volume and try experimenting with heated rollers to add body and waves.
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Hot Pressed paper pass through a set of heated rollers after sheet formation to give them a smooth, plate finish.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a heated swimming pool
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Ed and I used to stay up all night, drinking wine and having heated arguments about politics.
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The gun control issue continues to be the subject of heated debate.
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Things got very heated as I demanded he pay me full compensation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a short heated argument, the inspector agreed to pay the costs in cash from his local station funds.
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Next to the lake is a heated outdoor swimming pool and children's pool.
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These wax-filled heated rollers have soft rubber surface which means they are gentle and kind to hair.
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This is another species ideally suited to the heated aquarium.