severe loss
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsevereandloss
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severe
adjective
uk/sɪˈvɪər/us/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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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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Virtually all patients with primary autonomic failure are found at postmortem to haveseverelossof intermedio-lateral column cells.
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But after thisseverelossthe entropy values become lower than they would have become with less nonterminals almost every time.
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The histology is characterised by aseverelossof myelinated fibres, and the remaining fibres are generally hypomyelinated or non-myelinated.
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At best this would yield aseverelossin political clout; at worst it would lead to civil war.
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No participant was excluded for having less than asevereloss.
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A bottleneck event can result in aseverelossof heterozygosity and many important traits may disappear from the population.
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In all human societiesseverelossis a major cause of distress; but the distress is articulated through different idioms, which mold the responses into diverse experiential and behavioral configurations.
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Work disability, indicatingseverelossof functioning, is one adverse non-fatal outcome.
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In other words, theseverelossat the point of that change was considerably cushioned or diluted, especially when compared with what happens now.
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No doubt it is a veryseverelossto the manufacturers when cordite fails to pass the test and is thrown back upon their hands.
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The first reaction is to thisseverelossof income.
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You are dealing very largely with small men, and you are causingseverelossto men who can very ill afford to bear it.
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I deeply regret that this disaster has been attended byseverelossof life and damage to private property.
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It was, however, at a very heavy price—the price of aseverelossin production and, correspondingly, in consumption and investment.
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That represents a veryseverelossto our defence arrangements.
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There is aseverelossof income into the local economy.
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In the meantime, there is aseverelossof rateable value.
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That seems aseverelossto our invisible exports.
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But in a private group it is normal, if that group is to succeed, thatsevereloss-making activities are eliminated.
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In the universities there has been aseverelossof income.
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