massive loss
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmassiveandloss
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massive
adjective
uk/ˈmæs.ɪv/us/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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loss
noun
uk/lɒs/us/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But often the natural does great harm - disease, pestilence, floods, hurricanes, fire, landslides, and the like can causemassivelossof human life.
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We now show that this dynamic fate commitment can be retained even after severe deprivation sufficient to causemassivelossof synaptic strength.
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They were not acting as if they had carte blanche for radical reform because capitalists had suffered amassivelossof power.
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Accordingly, there is amassivelossof revenue.
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I am also going to show that it is a minor element as opposed to themassivelossin other matters.
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With the strong pound, this has meant amassivelossof competitiveness.
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However, a plaintiff could causemassivelossto a shop, say, by entering the premises and seizing allegedly infringing goods of only small value.
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That is the result of amassivelossof employment opportunities.
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There is amassivelossof public confidence, and it is essential that it be restored.
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That will mean amassivelossof our countryside in certain parts of the country.
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The reality is that, in exchange for a minuscule increase in a target that is arbitrary anyway, amassivelossof cash results.
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They include amassivelossof life and possibly an air attack on oil installations.
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That is the background against which there has been amassivelossof public housing, which is still running at over 7,500 per year.
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It is a question of whether we should eat our seed corn accompanied by amassivelossof international confidence.
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There is in every year amassivelossof life and thousands of cases of serious injury.
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It involvedmassivelossof life and injury to citizens.
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Those sums pale into insignificance when contrasted with themassivelossof resources that local authorities have experienced.
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They document amassivelossof species, both plant and animal, as a result of climate change.
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If that is true, there will be amassivelossof information to important segments of the community.
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We have also suffered amassivelossof beds.
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