diplomatic incident in English
episode complicating relations between two countries
Use "diplomatic incident" in a sentence
1. Possible diplomatic incident.
2. We may have a diplomatic incident here, your majesty.
3. Then, in Hong Kong, Chris Patten and family were reunited with their beloved terrier whose disappearance caused a diplomatic incident.
4. The Mossad could not have risked a diplomatic incident by kidnapping Vanunu from British soil, so he had to be lured abroad -- an audacious undertaking,(Sentencedict.com ) but in this case a successful one.
5. breach - division, splitting, splitting up — division - dissension — dissension - disunity — désunion - divergence — divergence - altercation, argument, conflict, contention, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, misunderstanding, strife — altercation, contestation, désaccord, différend, différends ''m plural'', dispute, divergence d'opinions, malentendu - dissentiment - mésintelligence - electricity, nervous tension, strain, stress, tenseness, tension, voltage — tension - mésentente - froid - friction - décalage - frottement - déphasage - dissidence - divorce - fossé - opposition - diplomatic incident — incident, incident diplomatique - réticence - fâche - differences in religion, religious differences, religious division — dissensions religieuses [Spéc.