grievous injury
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrievousandinjury
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grievous
adjective
uk/ˈɡriː.vəs/us/ˈɡriː.vəs/
having very serious effects or causing ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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(Definition ofgrievousandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is not only in this country that families have been bereaved and sufferedgrievousinjury.
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I would return the compliment by commiserating with him upon a lessgrievousinjurywhich he has apparently suffered, namely, the damage to his arm.
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He may have committedgrievousinjuryto a man but there is a limit on the compensation that can be awarded in the magistrates' court.
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Then he will run, and finally one or more will fall into a ditch, or possibly be pushed in, and may suffer agrievousinjury.
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I believe we would find that the mostgrievousinjurywould have been inflicted upon the entire community and upon our standard of living.
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One has no difficulty in considering that he has suffered agrievousinjury.
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I am grateful to have had an opportunity to present this case on behalf of women who have sufferedgrievousinjury.
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They know, as we all know, that every speech which promises what is known as the unattainable inflictsgrievousinjuryupon the economic interests of the community.
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I am afraid that will be the case all over the country, and that mostgrievousinjurywill be inflicted on us in the battle we have to fight.
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Unless we are able to do something for them in this sense, they will suffergrievousinjuryin the years ahead from the application of the development land tax.
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In the early 1960s, the couple suffered throughgrievousinjuryto one child and the death of another.
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She tells everyone, and as punishment the judges make the final test one that must be done untilgrievousinjuryor death.
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At times, the officer's work caused themgrievousinjuryand a subsequent commendation from their department.
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That feature should be taken out of what, after all, is a method of paying compensation to those who have received grievous injuries.
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Unfortunately, there are many pensioners who have suffered even more grievous injuries than the loss of two limbs.
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That, so they say, is one of their fundamental rights, and it belongs naturally to any country which has unconditionally surrendered, after having done most grievous injuries to its conquerors.
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Even women were not spared and many of them received grievous injuries.
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More grievous injuries require visiting a street-side doctor or use of medicine (which can be purchased from doctors or found on bodies).
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He is also able to perform arthroscopy and other advanced medical procedures, thus limiting, if not eliminating, the need for hospital medical treatment even in the face of grievous injuries.
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The corresponding number of people sustaining grievous injuries in 4,715 accidents was 6,513, and the number of people who sustained minor injuries was 69,168 in 44,158 accidents.
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