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Collocations for reinforce - verb

1. support sth that already exists

ADVERB

greatly, powerfully, strongly
This report strongly reinforces the view that the system must be changed.
further
merely, only, simply
All this simply reinforces my earlier point.
constantly, continually
subtly
Our prejudices are subtly reinforced in many different ways.
mutually
Violence and rejection by society are mutually reinforcing.
unwittingly
positively

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VERB + reinforce

help (to), serve to, tend to

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2. make sth stronger

ADVERB

heavily

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PREPOSITION

with
The door was built of oak, heavily reinforced with iron.

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Reinforce is used with these nouns as the object:
argument, attitude, behaviour, belief, concept, conclusion, conviction, division, hierarchy, idea, image, importance, impression, inequality, message, myth, notion, point, prejudice, stereotype, suspicion, tendency, trend, view

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