noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute , total
▪ unchallenged
▪ global , world
▪ air , military , naval
▪ male , white
▪ economic , political
▪ racial
▪ judicial ( AmE , law )
VERB + SUPREMACY
▪ enjoy ( esp. BrE ), have
▪
a period when the British enjoyed ~ in international trade
▪ lose
▪ battle for , fight for , struggle for , vie for
▪ assert , establish , gain
▪ acknowledge , uphold
▪
to uphold the ~ of the country's own laws
▪ give sb/sth
▪
Coal gave the region industrial ~.
▪ maintain
▪ challenge
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
the battle for ~ in the world economic markets
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of international law
▪ ~ over
▪
By the end of the war, the warlord had established total ~ over all his rivals.
▪ ~ within
▪
factions fighting for ~ within the Church
PHRASES
▪ a battle for ~ , a fight for ~ , a struggle for ~
▪ a challenge to sb/sth's ~ , a threat to sb/sth's ~
▪ a symbol of ~