major disruption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajoranddisruption
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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disruption
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪsˈrʌp.ʃən/us/dɪsˈrʌp.ʃən/
the action of preventing something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or ...
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(Definition ofmajoranddisruptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Patients from such areas need to travel vast distances, withmajordisruptionto their families.
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Amajordisruptiontook place.
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Intense runaway electrons with high energies of several tens of megaelectronvolts generated at amajordisruptionwould significantly reduce the lifetime of the first wall.
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Concentration, rather than local, more diffuse production, may lead to a higher risk of targeted contamination ormajordisruptionof food supplies.
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Thirdly, they should not cause anymajordisruptionto the tax revenues of individual countries.
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There seems therefore little likelihood of amajordisruptionto supplies.
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Even without protests, there will bemajordisruptionto the community.
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It is not possible to accomplish it in a short timescale withoutmajordisruption.
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So far this has caused nomajordisruptionto local authority services.
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Majordisruptionhas been caused to the locality in which the parties have taken place.
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Why was the action taken not immediately after themajordisruptionbut after three years?
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Over 700 people lost their lives and thousands of others have facedmajordisruption.
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There would undoubtedly bemajordisruptionfor people living in that area during the construction period.
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Such work would causemajordisruptionand would inflict immense damage on the environment.
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Majordisruptioncannot be avoided when maintenance is required or there has been some incident.
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What will happen if there ismajordisruptionto the service?
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Although there was no mention ofmajordisruptionto life plans, all carers had to take increasing responsibility for decision-making, finances and domestic tasks, in addition to providing personal care.
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I cannot accept that the right to buy will lead to amajordisruptionof those activities.
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This is incomprehensible to members of the public and causesmajordisruptionand feelings of frustration and finally, of resentment.
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In the normal course, contingency plans are prepared against events which might causemajordisruptionto the service.
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Last year sawmajordisruptionto services as we extended our priority network, and passenger numbers still held.
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They can help schools that are unfortunate enough to be damaged by fire, arson attack or othermajordisruption.
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Successive governments have held back from pursuing what would be amajordisruptionof the fining system.
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There is always a risk of disease after amajordisruption, when water, sanitation and health systems are affected.
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It would have created amajordisruptionof the biosphere.
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