severe disruption

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereanddisruption

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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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 ofsevereanddisruptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In most cases there isseveredisruptionto interpersonal relationships which may exacerbate existing problems.
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Some patients with severe symptoms report minor effects on their lives, while in others apparently minor degrees of incontinence can causeseveredisruptionof life.
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It would causeseveredisruptionto the 54 young people who are on the scheme.
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It is not surprising that such high-energy noise bombardment causesseveredisruptionto marine life.
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Where there is a lessseveredisruptionthere are informal arrangements.
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It is a wonder that there is so littleseveredisruptionin the service.
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Of course, on average, one in 12 schools suffers fromseveredisruptionproblems.
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Dust, noise and blasting will causeseveredisruptionto local people.
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The result could be aseveredisruptionof candidate selection procedures.
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It is impractical to introduce separate local and trunk operating companies withoutseveredisruption.
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The autumn of 1985 was one ofseveredisruptionin many schools.
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At the worst it could lead toseveredisruptionto our industry, transport, commerce and our balance of payments.
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It is likely that such patients will be sufferingseveredisruptionto their occupational and social activity.
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What route would be used, and what assessment has been made of the propensity forseveredisruptionon those routes?
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Surely the real evidence shows that there has been aseveredisruptionof bus services in the rural areas.
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We all agree that we must avoid, for example,severedisruptionof water supplies while work is carried out.
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Withseveredisruptiondue to civil war throughout the 1990s, little research or wetland development has been carried out by the government or donors since these initial projects were undertaken.
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There is no evidence that the degree of risk involved could justify theseveredisruptionof industry and commerce which such a ban would cause.
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I was pleased that when a family and other neighbours came to complain aboutseveredisruptioncaused by another neighbour, the police came too.
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Continuing heavy demand added toseveredisruptionto the passport issuing process by industrial action has led to the delays currently experienced.
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They also provide for the abatement of access charges payable by train operators, in accordance with set criteria, in the event ofseveredisruption.
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Continuing heavy demand added toseveredisruptionto the passport-issuing process by industrial action has led to the delays currently experienced.
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This was an exceptional short-term measure to assist the industry when the egg market sufferedseveredisruptionat the end of last year.
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Prices were well below any possible break-even point for the industry andseveredisruptionthrough massive overcapacity and unrestricted competition threatened.
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