massive disruption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmassiveanddisruption
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massive
adjective
uk/ˈmæs.ɪv/us/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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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 ofmassiveanddisruptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There has beenmassivedisruptionin our plants.
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There are consequently strong repulsive interactions in the initial atomic geometry, which producemassivedisruptionon a hundred femtosecond time scale.
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Again, it occurred in the town centre and causedmassivedisruptionto commercial life.
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Things can go wrong andmassivedisruptionand massive costs can result.
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It preventedmassivedisruptionto our train services and a great deal of inconvenience to themselves.
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He spoke sympathetically about areas to whichmassivedisruptionis likely to be caused.
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A revaluation now after 14 years would inevitably lead tomassivedisruptionfor ratepayers.
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There will be furthermassivedisruptionto the education system with little foreseeable educational benefit.
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Thismassivedisruptionmakes such direct hashing unworkable.
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The slightest breakdown or hitch on this wholly inadequate section of road causesmassivedisruptionto everyone.
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If so, what alternatives to themassivedisruptionthat a motorway would involve have been or are being considered?
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I need hardly add that a revaluation on the basis of capital values would causemassivedisruption.
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One of the major constraints will be the speed at which we can implement the investment programme without causingmassivedisruptionon the underground.
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That has manifestly not happened because there has beenmassivedisruptionof services and charge capping has caused tremendous financial difficulties.
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The price of inertia, of not acting together, could be furthermassivedisruptionto the world markets, which will damage the livelihoods of us all.
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Does it point to amassivedisruptionbeyond the reasonable sufferings that any person who works or lives close to an airport must expect?
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The result will bemassivedisruption, lasting damage, and—what concerns me most—a counter-productive redundancy bill running into hundreds of millions of pounds.
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The bolt is fired through the forehead causingmassivedisruptionof the cerebral cortex.
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Just a handful of people can causemassivedisruptionto the capital, massive economic loss and enormous inconvenience, anger, and frustration to a large number of lives.
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Given the nature of the textile industry, in which a sudden flood of imports can lead tomassivedisruption in a short time, that delay is seriously damaging.
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Earthquakes, floods, storms, and other natural hazards causemassivedisruptionto societies and overburden national economic systems.
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This was complicated as mobilizations were expensive, and their schedules were so rigid that they could not be canceled withoutmassivedisruptionof the country and military disorganization.
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