terrible disease

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleanddisease

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofterribleanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Having become less severe,terriblediseaseis gone.
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The man may have aterribledisease.
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This is a mostterribledisease.
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Rabies is a horrific,terribledisease.
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The first step to combat thisterriblediseaseis awareness.
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Finally, we have dealt with theterriblediseaseof consumption.
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These miners have suffered enough from thisterribledisease.
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It relates to theterriblediseaseof silicosis.
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I have never heard a definition of thisterribledisease.
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He mentioned theterriblediseaseof disseminated sclerosis.
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That is the most depressing fact about thisterribledisease.
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Let us now come to thisterribledisease, disseminated sclerosis.
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It is aterriblediseasein every way.
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It is aterriblediseasefrom which miners suffer.
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When dealing with thisterribledisease, we must beware speculation.
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It is a truly horrific andterribledisease.
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Worst of all is consumption, a mostterribledisease.
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These spectacular crimes are only symptoms of a wide-spread andterribledisease.
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Finally, has any progress been made in trying to find a cure for thisterribledisease?
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I then worked in an industry where men were subject to aterriblediseasecalled epithelioma.
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Salaries and careers are impossible dreams when a person has thisterribledisease.
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We know, too, that theterriblediseaseof alcoholism is increasing year by year.
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Any attempt to control theterriblediseaseof cancer is to be welcomed.
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We have heard this afternoon that 86 people have died from thisterribledisease.
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He was only 30 when he found out that he had thisterribledisease.
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