total replacement

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandreplacement

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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replacement
noun
uk
/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/us
/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/
the process of replacing something with ...
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(Definition oftotalandreplacementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal replacement

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Neonatal mortality was still high (18/29, 62-1%) but fertility among survivors was also high, so thattotalreplacementwas 0-6897.
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Again, no linguist would deny this possibility, althoughtotalreplacementof one language by another is a local phenomenon and not as common as some historians imply.
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Partial ortotalreplacementof chemical acaricides with inundative use of tick pathogens and/or parasitoids would require considerable changes in the techniques of producers and suppliers.
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By today a large proportion of these buildings require either major improvement ortotalreplacement.
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The safe alternatives were atotalreplacementor a total retention; not a half-and-half operation.
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I can tell him that my officials are currently appraising the financial implications of improving the existing system against atotalreplacementprogramme.
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It is generally accepted that few alternative methods will be found within 10 years but that thetotalreplacementof animal experiments might be possible within about 15 years.
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However, the pressure was for such a change to be made as an alternative to the existing system, not as a complete andtotalreplacementfor it.
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A hybrid upgrade was chosen overtotalreplacement, for economic reasons.
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Atotalreplacementof the railway's superstructure was therefore necessary in the early 1990s.
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Hip replacement surgery can be performed as atotalreplacementor a hemi (half) replacement.
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Damage to the cable requires special skills to repair ortotalreplacement.
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It was not supposed to be set in the same universe or continuity, but was atotalreplacementof both.
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He disapproved of compound working; he saw superheating as atotalreplacementfor complicated and maintenance-intensive compound systems, not as an enhancement of them to produce increased power.
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