Converse of object

• break: Fergus said: " She wanted to go public to break the taboo of breast cancer.

• tackle: Their partnership approach is paying dividends in tackling the last great taboo.

• consider: The holding of a referendum is no longer considered a taboo.

Adjective modifier

• ultimate: Jonathan Jones on the breaking of art's ultimate taboo.

• cultural: Anything which is expelled from the body is defined as unclean and subject to cultural taboo.

• last: Cliff Prior, chief executive of Rethink, said: " Mental illness is the last taboo.

• social: Mention of hygienic products had been a social taboo in Poland for many years.

• final: Death is the final taboo in today's society.

Modifies a noun

• subject: Death is still a taboo subject for many people.

• topic: Overall: A quirky little movie which has quite a few traditionally painful taboo topics exposed under its cover.

• word: Here is a love story from director Ang Lee in which the taboo word " love " is never spoken.

• status: In spite of the devastation that it is causing the disease still has a taboo status.

Modifying Another Word

• strictly: But talk of smashing the record is strictly taboo among the current Swansea players.

• almost: Other ways of airing ' off-message ' views, through resolutions for example, are almost taboo.

Noun used with modifier

• incest: Taking the example of the incest taboo, Dean exposes some cultural traits that impart a survival advantage.

Used with adjective complement

• consider: Bold in premise, it does not shy away from subjects considered taboo by many people.