Examples of 'was tantamount' in a sentence
Meaning of "was tantamount"
was tantamount: This phrase is used to suggest that something is equivalent in seriousness or effect to something else. It implies a close similarity or comparison in terms of significance or consequence
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Her conduct was tantamount to aiding the guerillas.
Opposition to the forthcoming war was tantamount to treason.
This project was tantamount to the planning of genocide.
Rejection of the state religion was tantamount to treason.
It was tantamount to saying that he had sold the land.
Her refusal to answer was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
It was tantamount to circumventing the judicial decisions.
Maybe they thought it was tantamount to desecration.
Gandhi was tantamount to a saint in his commitment to his spirituality.
Having too many priorities was tantamount to having no priorities.
That was tantamount to being seen naked in public.
Letting him fight was tantamount to murder.
Was tantamount to die without benefits.
Such inequality of treatment was tantamount to discrimination against men.
That was tantamount to taking the average temperature of patients in a hospital.
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The notion of caste was tantamount to discrimination.
It was tantamount to discouraging someone.
Disrespect of community rules was tantamount to disrespect of the community.
That was tantamount to recognizing that prosecutors had previously shown restraint.
What you just did was tantamount to cheating.
Was tantamount to a goddamn orgasm.
To charge interest on a loan was tantamount to murder and robbery.
This was tantamount to courting disaster.
Type of contraception was tantamount to abortion.
It was tantamount to persuasion by force.
In that district was tantamount to election.
This was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic district.
A lack of response was tantamount to acquiescence.
This was tantamount to election in this heavily Republican district.
Children in adult institutions was tantamount to sending them to schools of crime.
It was tantamount to sedition against the State.
Showing my ignorance was tantamount to admitting weakness.
This was tantamount to handing over pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to the Inquiry.
To be trapped on the island was tantamount to disgrace and social ostracism.
It was tantamount to trying to cut off his own legs!
Their silence was tantamount to consent.
Moreover, the difference in the length of service to be performed was tantamount to discrimination.
The letter was tantamount to a declaration of war.
For fidel castro it was tantamount.
Racial progress was tantamount to a counterrevolutionary act.
It thus concluded that the revocation of the tax exemption was tantamount to an expropriation.
Critics said this was tantamount to a crackdown on independent reporting.
Interfering with the personal beliefs of individuals was tantamount to denial of basic rights.
My marriage was tantamount to living life in hell fire.
The extreme lack of freedom in the camps was tantamount to being held hostage.
Such conduct was tantamount to signing a contract without reading its terms.
Failing explicitly to recognize certain rights was tantamount to overlooking or denying them.
That statement was tantamount to confirming women were held back by family obligations.
Allowing violations and impunity for violations was tantamount to supporting their recurrence.
This was tantamount to war.
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It would be tantamount to disarming those already disarmed
What he did to the poor woman is tantamount to rape
This task is tantamount to squaring the circle
