breeding-ground
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈbridɪŋˌɡraʊnd/
- UK
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nido
- This combination is the most fertile breeding ground for conflict, civil strife, and other forms of violence and extremism.
- breeding ground for disease
- fertile breeding grounds
- provides a breeding ground
No, that was a really, really long way of saying expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
- No, that was a really, really long way of saying expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
- You think this this is the perfect breeding ground for an aggressive party to come and take over because no one's going to fight back.
- Indiscriminate urination was strictly forbidden as hundreds or thousands of men living in cramped conditions was an easy breeding ground for disease.
Examples
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Eastern Libya has been described by U.S. diplomats as a breeding ground for Islamist extremism.
Blog text (16) -
In these conditions, prostitution and crime found fertile breeding ground.
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For example, any tribal college would be important to contain as a possible breeding ground of resistance.
Academic text (2007) -
No, that place is a breeding ground for parasites.
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An open secret of an underground society, illegal and often a breeding ground for an army of violent criminals.
Blog text (1) -
Up to that point, Afghanistan had been a fertile breeding ground for the organization.
Academic text (2007) -
By allowing for open religious differences, weak establishments facilitated opposition and provided a breeding ground for political conflict.
Academic text (2010) -
Accumulation of rubbish and poor housing provides breeding grounds for parasites and vectors of disease.
Academic text (2016) -
Open spaces and empty yards in which refuse accumulates serve as breeding grounds for rats, flies, and other vectors of disease pathogens.
Academic text (2005) -
The damp basement has become a breeding-ground for mold and mildew.
Synonyms
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5.0
A place where something begins or develops
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6.5
A place where things like crime or bad ideas grow and spread quickly
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2.7
A place where an idea, activity, or movement first started
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3.4
A place where animals go to mate and raise young or where problems start and grow
A place where birds or animals build a nest and lay eggs
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Etymology
Breeding-ground joins breed ('to produce young') and ground ('place'), so it paints a picture of a place where things grow or spread. That's why we call a place where new ideas, actions, or problems start and get stronger a 'breeding-ground'.