terrible loss
collocation in Englishmeaningsofterribleandloss
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terrible
adjective
uk/ˈter.ə.bəl/us/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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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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(Definition ofterribleandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Many would regard this as aterribleloss.
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That is aterriblelossconsidering what a spur that was to activity and effort.
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But here and now this financial hiatus, thisterriblelossof revenue, cannot go to consultative committees.
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That resulted in aterriblelossof morale and undermining of confidence.
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That increase did not make up for theterriblelossof grant over the previous 10 or 15 years.
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It would be aterriblelossto communities if they were closed.
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The first is the main tragedy of this unprecedented storm, theterriblelossof limb and life.
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Within our limited population every thwarted and distorted life is aterriblelossto the industrial efficiency of the nation.
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That should have made things easier, rather than more difficult and leading to thisterribleloss.
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The amount offered is a relatively insignificant amount in this country and can in no way compensate for theirterribleloss.
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They would have required thousands of troops to suppress them, and there would have been aterriblelossof life and frightful destruction of property.
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We have no right to accept such aterriblelossof life.
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We have the explosion first, theterriblelossof life, and then we have commissions set up to consider safety in mines.
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Their properties are very often, and in many areas, practically unsaleable, except at aterribleloss.
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We also remember theterriblelosshe suffered directly and indirectly from the last war.
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She will be denied the hope of another child to compensate her for herterribleloss.
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Does he realise theterriblelosswhich the decadence of the fishing industry would inflict upon our nation?
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I believe that there was overwhelming support for the notion that the health service suffered from aterriblelossof morale.
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We know theterriblelossof life, over 100, in that accident.
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