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protraction

[ proh-trak-shuhn, pruh- ]

noun

  1. the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
  2. something that is protracted.
  3. a drawing or rendering to scale.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôp°ù´Ç·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·±è°ù´Ç·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of protraction1

1525–35; < Late Latin ±è°ùųٰù²¹³¦³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±è°ùųٰù²¹³¦³Ù¾±Å ) prolongation. See protract, -ion
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A later resolution further requested the commission to “investigate all underlying root causes of recurrent tensions, instability and protraction of conflict, including systematic discrimination and repression based on national, ethnic, racial or religious identity.â€

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China's foreign minister Qin Gang said earlier that the Ukraine crisis seemed to be driven by an invisible hand pushing for the protraction and escalation of the conflict.

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They can also be used to prevent “the expansion and protraction of a war,†the law says, according to the state media report.

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Indefinite protraction of the war, as in Syria, is too dangerous with nuclear-armed participants.

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“Ukraine’s defeat of the initial Russian campaign may therefore set conditions for a devastating protraction of the conflict and a dangerous new period testing the resolve of Ukraine and the West,†according to the study.

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