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Common collocations with deliberate in American Collocation

deliberate adjective

US /dɪˈlɪb(ə)rət/

plan or action

act
attempt
effort
ploy
policy
strategy
tactic

They have made deliberate efforts to improve relations with the United States.

damage or harm

attack
damage
destruction
harm

The evidence suggests this was a deliberate attack on one of our ships.

lying or hiding the truth

concealment
deception
distortion
falsification
lie
manipulation
misrepresentation
omission

The inquiry revealed that there had been deliberate distortion of intelligence information.

decision

choice
decision

In this case, the copyright owner made a deliberate choice to make his books available online.