serious injury
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousandinjury
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Delinquency was operationalized in terms of the total frequency of various deviant behaviors ranging from truancy at school to violence intendingseriousinjury.
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He found thatseriousinjurywas rare following an incident as either intervention or luck tended to prevent significant harm in the majority of cases.
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We, like the authors, behave in each case as if death orseriousinjurywas not a possible outcome.
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Since tissue lethal radiation doses are administered, the potential forseriousinjuryto patients exists if mistakes occur.
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Both fleets will suffer veryseriousinjury.
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If unexpected difficulty is encountered during the procedure,seriousinjurywill not be sustained provided a strict protocol of safety measures is followed.
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Wearing seat belts reduces the risk ofseriousinjuryin road traffic accidents.
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Judging by the number of females present upon the leaves submitted, this insect must causeseriousinjuryto the coffee plant.
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How much worse is it not to share information and then find a client has sufferedseriousinjuryor even death?
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The large quantities of serum were used for prophylactic immunization of all soldiers who had sufferedseriousinjury.
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Factors associated withseriousinjuryduring falls by ambulatory nursing home residents.
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Most organ donors will not die and will not sufferseriousinjury.
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Predictors of psychological distress followingseriousinjury.
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All men and supplies were now safely ashore, withoutseriousinjuryor loss.
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Most cases which fall into this category are traffic accidents involving death orseriousinjurydue to driver negligence.
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In particular, it is apparent that psychological issues need to be considered in children who have suffered minor injuries as well as those suffering much moreseriousinjury.
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Nonsport injury is calculated as a percentage of those withseriousinjury.
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Surgery then became (if it figured in the story at all) a necessity - a secondary, emergency measure taken to benefit a child who had already sustainedseriousinjury.
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In 2001 alone, there were more than 42 500 accidents, with around 5 800 causing death andseriousinjury.
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The first extends the scope of criminal responsibility to behaviour resulting in substantial harm to people, beyond the limited criterion of death orseriousinjury.
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