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 Translation for 'diatribe against sb sth' from English to French
diatribe {f} contre qn./qc.diatribe against sb./sth.
Partial Matches
parer qn./qc. contre qn./qc.to protect sb./sth. against sb./sth.
méd.
immuniser qn./qc. contre qc.
to immunise sb./sth. against sth. [Br.]
parer à qn./qc. [prévenir]to guard against sb./sth.
lutter contre qn./qc.to fight against sb./sth.
déconseiller qc. à qn.to advise sb. against sth.
protéger qn. contre qc.to cushion sb. against sth.
se révolter contre qn./qc.to rebel against sb./sth.
représailles {f.pl} à l'égard de qn./qc.retaliation against sb./sth.
s'appuyer contre qn./qc.to lean against sb./sth.
sociol.
pénaliser qn./qc. [désavantager]
to discriminate against sb./sth.
se révolter contre qn./qc.to revolt against sb./sth.
prémunir qn. contre qc.to protect sb. against sth.
s'insurger contre qn./qc.to revolt against sb./sth.
pol.
contestation {f} [de pouvoir] (de qn./qc.)
protest (against sb./sth.)
cogner [volontairement] (contre qn./qc.)to bang (against sb./sth.)
pol.
se soulever contre qn./qc.
to revolt against sb./sth.
se dresser contre qn./qc. [s'opposer]to rebel against sb./sth.
manifester contre qn./qc.to demonstrate against sb./sth.
se presser contre qn./qc.to press against sb./sth.
plaquer qn. contre qc.to pinion sb. against sth.
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Usage Examples English
  • His Siberia, Siberia is both an excursion into the human history of the region, and a diatribe against the industrial developments and infrastructure projects "of the last three decades" (i.e. ...
  • Brian Howe of "Pitchfork" called the song "a diatribe against celebrity obsession."
  • The front's report for 8 July quoted Hoffmeister as giving a bitter and expletive-laden diatribe against the "amateurs" (i.e. ...
  • The protagonist in "Revulsion" is a Thomas Bernhard-esque character who returns to El Salvador after eighteen years to deliver a 119-page diatribe against the country.
  • Parry delivered a speech at the annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) that was a diatribe against organized labor.

  • While the work may seem to be something of a bitter diatribe against the organisation that ostracized him it should be remembered that Austin referred to Christianity with great respect in many other works.
  • A common scenario would be a reporter posting a diatribe against something, followed by a blogger posting that the reporter is too extreme, followed by the reporter stealth editing the original post to be less extreme.
  • The Kachins were critical of U Nu's diatribe against the British and sceptical of Burman sincerity as regards equal rights.
  • The singer fired back at his critics in the song "Eddie the Eunuch", a bitter diatribe against certain snide elements in the press who he believed had it in for him.
  • His eulogy of liberty on the "Morti di Vienna" sounded almost like a diatribe against kings in general.

  • "The League of Bald-Headed Men", identified by Simon Reynolds as a "diatribe against gerontocracy", appears to borrow its riff from Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop", despite Smith's claim that he had never heard the band's music.
  • The "Testament of Simeon" is primarily a diatribe against envy.
  • In general, the song is a diatribe against celebrity culture, particularly around Los Angeles.
  • However, his diatribe against Elizabeth's late mother, Anne Boleyn, in his biography of More earned him the enmity of many Elizabethan loyalists and Protestants.
  • By October 2016, he was writing a book called "Age of Unreason"; it is a diatribe against "populist nationalism".

  • Robert Carliell's 1619 defence of the new Church of England and diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church – [...] – took the form of a 250-line poem.
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