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vehemence

vee uh muhns

  • n  intensity or forcefulness of expression
    the vehemence of his denial
  • n  the property of being wild or turbulent

  • He has cursed the power loom, the steam locomotive, the Welsbach mantle, the airplane and the electric shaver with a vehemence calculated to deliver whole generations of mankind to .
  • With a vehemence which he usually reserves for the political bear pits, Harry Truman last week turned the full weight of the presidency against "McCarthyism.
  • With equal vehemence, Israel insisted that the presence of the missiles was an unacceptable violation of the tacitly accepted status quo in Lebanon's complex political equation .
Quotes

  • Chris Van Hollen in Washington Post
    The vehemence with which the president opposed it made it clear to a lot of people that this was a change in direction and that it was significant,said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
  • Jon S Corzine in NJ Blog (blog)
    I'm actually pleasantly surprised that there was less vehemence,Corzine said.
  • Sidney Verba in New York Times
    It's become much more controversial than I would have expected,Mr. Verba said. "I was surprised by the vehemence."

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