slide into anarchy

Frequency: 6.89.0 per million words

To slowly and uncontrollably move into a state of anarchy.

anarchyVERB + anarchy

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Examples (10)

  • If prices rise, the country could slide into anarchy.
  • After the coup, the nation began to slide into anarchy.
  • Without strong leadership, the society is in danger of sliding into anarchy.
  • Historians warned that the constant civil unrest would cause the region to slide into anarchy.
  • When the project manager quit, the team started to slide into anarchy.
  • Analysts fear that by next year, the failed state will have completely slid into anarchy.
  • Is it possible for a modern democracy to slide into anarchy so quickly?
  • We watched helplessly as the city slid into anarchy over the course of several months.
  • The collapse of the economy caused the country to slide into anarchy.
  • When law and order breaks down, a community can easily slide into anarchy.