severe injury

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereandinjury

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

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Those with lesssevereinjurywere less likely to take part.
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Severeinjuryto stem cells results in the chronic and often irreversible failure to produce blood and immune cells (chronic myelosuppression).
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This may, in part, be attributable to a failure to recognize that distress is as common after suffering minor injury as it is aftersevereinjury.
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Depression was significantly more common in thesevereinjurygroup at 3 years.
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The total casualties in 1968 were 2,537 and there were 392 cases ofsevereinjury.
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I have in mind the case of a man who received asevereinjuryto his hand.
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We have reserved the right to withdraw or modify any preference granted under the scheme in the event ofsevereinjuryto our industry.
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But for the last twenty-five years or so there have been scarcely no cases ofsevereinjury.
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The tollkeeper sufferedsevereinjuryas a result of irresponsible traffic passing through, and the system was temporarily closed.
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Of these, 13 caused damage only; 8 caused slight personal injury and onesevereinjury.
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A further point is that offences—let us make no mistake about it—could involve loss of life orsevereinjury.
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My own small son, who is under 13 years of age, suffered a verysevereinjuryin this way.
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Priority is given to cases ofsevereinjuryand cases of claims from the bereaved and the elderly.
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I believe that it was his party's intention to causesevereinjuryto the coal industry.
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That is pretty much the scale we have with £550, which enables us to focus on people with moresevereinjury.
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All of us who are involved know the great struggle and hardship whichsevereinjuryimposes on families.
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Thesevereinjuryrate last year was only 520.
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In the armed services, where training must necessarily be tough and realistic, accidents sometimes result insevereinjuryor death.
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