potential damage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpotentialanddamage
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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk/pəˈten.ʃəl/us/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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damage
noun
uk/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofpotentialanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A robust policy minimizes thepotentialdamagecaused by this worst-case shock sequence.
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The second is thepotentialdamagethat could occur to the hippocampus and in turn, to the development of memory.
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This focuses onpotentialdamageto biodiversity.
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Those are areas of greatpotentialdamage.
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There is thepotentialdamageto livestock.
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Thepotentialdamageto individual rights is enormous.
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Potentialdamageto the cinema industry has been referred to.
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The first is thepotentialdamageto its reputation.
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What research has been done into thepotentialdamage?
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Such issues include thepotentialdamageto heathland and moorland.
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We wish to do everything possible to mitigatepotentialdamage.
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This is the stress caused by an acute awareness of thepotentialdamageto a patient resulting from errors in treatment.
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This large effective porosity allows the ingress of water within the grains, withpotentialdamageto the grain upon freezing and thawing.
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Concern was also voiced by these nurses about thepotentialdamagethat raising the issue could do to their relationship with the patient.
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The goal is to formulate an optimal route plan that takes into account thepotentialdamagefrom a collision with the object.
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This is presumably because of variation in the susceptibility to desiccation (degree of vacuolation and metabolic activity) and the extent of protection againstpotentialdamage.
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Thepotentialdamageof high circulating levels of glucocorticoids on developing neurons in response to acute and prolonged stress may induce susceptibility to the effects of future stressors.
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The third issue is the whole question of thepotentialdamageto communities.
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Thepotentialdamageof rapid weight loss is a serious health issue.
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Secondly, thepotentialdamageto small, rural primary schools is great.
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The amendment seeks to remove thepotentialdamageto that public protective role.
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The second area ofpotentialdamageis related to the amendment.
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Is the accident of circulation going to be among the measures of damage orpotentialdamage?
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The vagueness of the provisions is alerting industry to thepotentialdamagethat they can do.
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