"acute conflict" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation of intense or severe conflict. For example: "The country was in the midst of an acute conflict, with protests erupting in the streets and violence escalating between rival groups." or "The company's leadership was in an acute conflict, unable to agree on the direction and strategy for the company's future."
We are at one of those few times in international history with no acute conflict between major states.
Aside from the fact that it publicises them on the internet, Isis's atrocities are not greatly different from those that have been committed in many other situations of acute conflict.
Nikos Kotzias, the new Greek foreign minister, said Greece wanted to "prevent a rift" between Russia and the EU, although both sides have been in acute conflict for the past 10 months over Moscow's assault on Ukraine.
These comprise, first, amnesias that can be induced in apparently normal individuals by means of suggestion under hypnosis; and secondly, amnesias that arise spontaneously in reaction to acute conflict or stress, and which are commonly called hysterical.
"If you look at the history and geography of suicide attacks worldwide, you will find that the great, great majority of them took place in places and at times where there was an acute conflict". He listed Israel, Iraq, Chechnya and Lebanon in the 1980's.
Yet just how should this government investor behave in face of an acute conflict of interest?
In a catalogue of accusations, the FCA said Ford acted "recklessly" and with "clear and acute" conflicts of interest.
If individual states in competitive situations are governed by a short-term conception of their interests, acute conflicts between them will occur and will show a strong tendency to escalate.
These unions replicate all the problems of private unions, because they are unable to overcome the acute conflicts that exist within their ranks.
Today, millions of people face extreme insecurity as a result of conflicts and economic crises -- not only in acute conflicts like Syria but also in many lower-profile crises.
According to the White House report, "such fee structures generate acute conflicts of interest: the best recommendation for the saver may not be the best recommendation for the adviser's bottom line".
