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hotbedhot‧bed /ˈhɒtbed $ ˈhɑːt-/ noun   - No longer does the complex have the reputation as a hotbed of Merseyside militancy.
- Since the province was a hotbed of gentry resistance to the emancipation, confrontation looked a real possibility.
- The Ariadne, if I may put it that way, is a hotbed of super-sensitivity.
- The Northern Band was centred in Kurunagala district, which was long considered the hotbed of the crime.
- Vasey's, like any other establishment, was a hotbed of gossip.
- You may know Quebec as a hotbed of ornery, croissant-munching separatists.
when there is a lot of unpleasant activity► be rife if something bad or unpleasant is rife , it is very common. If a place, situation, or activity is rife with something bad or unpleasant, the bad or unpleasant thing is very common there: · Foreigners doing business in the city say that corruption is rife there.be rife with: · The neighborhood is rife with illegal drug activity and violence. ► be a hotbed of use this about a place where there is a lot of an activity, especially a bad or violent one: · The political party has become a hotbed of nationalism and racial bigotry.· The exhibition's use of religious symbols has made it a hotbed of controversy. ► a hotbed of something- The troubled province is a hotbed of ethnic violence.
- Since the province was a hotbed of gentry resistance to the emancipation, confrontation looked a real possibility.
- The Ariadne, if I may put it that way, is a hotbed of super-sensitivity.
- Vasey's, like any other establishment, was a hotbed of gossip.
a hotbed of something a place where a lot of a particular type of activity, especially bad or violent activity, happens:  the university was a hotbed of radical protest |