May 23, 2020 00:25
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Nick Taylor May 23, 2020:
@Bruno - excellent reference below Invectives were the ground on which budding scholars would train their linguistic and rhetorical proficiency. But they also offered great opportunity for stinging opponents and asserting superiority.
https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343...

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Trade barbs

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to insult/attack one another

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exchange verbal barbs

Example sentence:

Henry Cejudo, Dominick Cruz exchange verbal barbs during UFC 249 conference call.

Both men continued to exchange verbal barbs with Matthews suggesting that Miller's comments about the press were designed as an applause line

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exchange of invectives

exchange of invectives
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to clash (with someone)

Example sentence:

The government and the opposition parties have clashed over the cuts in defence spending.

This latest statement from the White House clashes with important aspects of US foreign policy.

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to have words/to exchange unpleasant words/exchange of unpleasant words

troca de farpas, como alguns colegas já explicitaram, é a troca de ofensas, xingamentos ou indiretas em uma interação verbal hostil entre duas partes.





Example sentence:

It sounds like Tom and Mary are having words again.

They exchanged unpleasant words after the meeting again. - I cannot stand their exchange of unpleasant words anymore!

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