terrible damage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofterribleanddamage
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terrible
adjective
uk/ˈter.ə.bəl/us/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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damage
noun
uk/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofterribleanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Terribledamagewas done there.
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It is doingterribledamageto young men.
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The mines doterribledamage, especially to children.
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That would causeterribledamageto our society.
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This doesterribledamageto the stock of fish.
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Then, perhaps, we shall realise whatterribledamagehas been done.
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He said that mink would doterribledamageif it were let out.
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Does not that inflictterribledamageon the effectiveness of sanctions and international agreements?
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Is she aware of theterribledamagethat she did on that day?
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Four more years of those attitudes, policies and decisions will inflictterribledamageon our countryside.
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He spoke of theterribledamagethat can be done in the urban fringe.
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It jumped over a high fence and did the mostterribledamage.
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Terribledamageis being done to the trade of the country.
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It can certainly scar a child for life and doterribledamage.
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The lorry drivers' strike and the engineering strike didterribledamageto the company.
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That kind of thing is doingterribledamageto the people of this country.
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That doesterribledamageto the law and the standing of the law.
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It is doingterribledamageto that wonderful country and its people.
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That is doingterribledamageto the country whose goods they are selling.
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Whatterribledamagewe must be doing to our balance of payments.
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A great deal of mutual damage has been done,terribledamage, and this is an attempt to settle it.
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We are told that we cannot have the right to roam because of theterribledamagethat we would do.
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It could be doneterribledamage, and we could conceivably find ourselves in a 1929–31 situation.
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Theterribledamageinflicted on those countries by totalitarian regimes over the past 50 years cannot be overestimated.
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They love to lecture the lesser breeds without the law who are doingterribledamageto the environment.
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