severe damage

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereanddamage

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofsevereanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In some casesseveredamagewas made by hand.
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The explosions have causedseveredamageto humans and property.
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In addition, adult pasture spittlebugs sometimes causeseveredamageto adjoining grain crops.
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Heavy infestations sometimes cause suchseveredamagethat the cultivation of coffee ceases to be economic.
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They were associated with a fungus and were causingseveredamageto the coffee plants.
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Severedamageto the intestine was not observed, even in highly infected adult fish.
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The probability ofseveredamagedid not vary according to the tree species.
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No significant effect of diversity appeared on damage orseveredamagein both savannas.
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Severedamage(uprooting, snapped stems) affected 25% of the 2030 stems measured.
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The spell of the immanent-progressive narrative seemed about to sufferseveredamage.
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We repeated the same analyses for the occurrence ofseveredamage, restricting them to damaged trees.
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The greatest mortality andseveredamage(combined, > 35% of stems) occurred in plots that were early successional.
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The sampling plot affected both the frequency of damage and the frequency ofseveredamageamong damaged trees.
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The first pattern is minimally informative, because it is logical to expect thatseveredamagewould lead to severe dysfunction.
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From a spatial point of view, one can thus expect mostseveredamagein the densest zones of wooded savanna.
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They may have suffered veryseveredamage.
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It causedseveredamageto many houses.
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We then go on toseveredamage.
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He hasseveredamageto his ribs, spine and throat.
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I even doubt that two televisions sufferedseveredamage.
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I fear thatseveredamageis bound to be done.
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These have doneseveredamageto our economy.
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Meanwhile,severedamagewas caused to the landscape.
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Those who sufferedseveredamagehad the damage made good.
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It does not repair theseveredamageof yesteryear.
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