racial attack
collocation in Englishmeaningsofracialandattack
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racial
adjective
uk/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/
based on someone's perceived race, especially in a way that is unfair or harmful; or based on policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in unfair or harmful treatment of people because of their ...
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attack
noun
uk/əˈtæk/us/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofracialandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As a result, the community was welded together in its effort to oppose that horrificracialattack.
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It is this extra dimension which makes aracialattackso abhorrent.
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A system is currently being established to monitor the implementation of its policy guidance onracialattackcases.
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In this country, aracialattacktakes place roughly every 30 minutes.
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Furthermore, aracialattackis not simply a phenomenon that occurs between two individuals.
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That is an investment in the protection of life and limb, particularly of those families enduringracialattackand harassment.
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Aracialattackis an attack not only on an individual but on a community.
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The added sentence for aracialattackwould be passed only if the jury decided that the racially motivated alternatives applied.
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I believe that oneracialattackis one too many.
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Aracialattackis aimed at a whole community, not just at an individual.
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Race relations legislation is based on the fact that a minority of people are subjected toracialattack.
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They need aracialattacksquad for serious cases, to give advice to local police forces, to formulate policy and to teach techniques for dealing with racial matters.
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The officers of the state, however, were not the only ones to offer a conspiracy theory to account for the racial attacks.
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The participants' experiences, which ranged from hearing unkind comments to severe racial attacks, demonstrated the need for multipronged approaches to tackle racism.
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This is not to say that the outpouring of racial attacks had little to do with the wider context of class conflict described in this article.
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It begins with a comprehensive description of racial attacks and counter-attacks during this period, before moving on to an analysis of their nature as well as of the parties involved.
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We continue to give full support to the police and other local agencies in their efforts to combat racial attacks.
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