Recent defeats had caused dissension in the army ranks.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Already, the dissension is limiting his flexibility in negotiations.
Any dissension over transactions occurring before the treaty date would be decided by the president of the United States.
Had they stood behind him, the General Staff would have suppressed the dissension within its own ranks.
However, even here there are signs of dissension within the ranks.
The missionaries were not always aware of the dissension they sowed or of their part in the flowing of blood.
The most dissension may come from competing rivals for higher office.
There was religious dissension in the holy city of Qom and disaffection in many of the tribal areas.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►sowed dissension
This move sowed dissension within the party ranks.
►internal dissensions
The Labour Party was torn by internal dissensions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE►internal
· Unti1 1939 the Labour Party was bedevilled by internal dissensions on this issue.
VERB►cause
· From his arrival, Greenhill caused dissension at Smith Barney.
►sow
· Richard admitted that he had listened to the advice of people who were deliberately trying to sow dissension between them.· Mail was cut up and severely censored, or fabricated to sow dissension within families.
disagreement among a group of peopledissension in/within/between/among This move sowed dissension within the party ranks. The Labour Party was torn by internal dissensions.