tragic result
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftragicandresult
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tragic
adjective
uk/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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result
noun
uk/rɪˈzʌlt/us/rɪˈzʌlt/
something that happens or exists because of ...
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(Definition oftragicandresultfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this is not atragicresult.
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That is rather atragicresult.
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Something bigger than anything yet devised must be done to prevent thattragicresult.
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I am sure that we all remember thetragicresultof that failure.
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The report states that many factors came together to produce thistragicresult.
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Anothertragicresultof the economic mess of the country is that people like this will suffer.
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Thetragicresultis extremely high numbers of casualties among civilians, more than 90%, as has been said.
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That was an enormous advance on anything which had previously been seen, but what was thetragicresult?
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I can see how easily there could sometimes betragicresultwhen certain cases fall on one side or the other of the age barrier.
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I should like to quote one case where the exercise by the police of their responsibility led to a particularlytragicresult.
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I understand that a road in his constituency has been blocked for about six months because of a new installation, with thetragicresultthat a business has gone bankrupt.
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Thetragicresultis that public investment by housing associations in their refurbishment programmes is wasted if other properties in an area—mainly the owner-occupied sector—are not to be dealt with.
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If they were forced to increase their charges because of restrictions on local government finance, thetragicresultwould be that people would be unable to afford to use them.
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If someone of those who took part in that operation would know this would be thetragicresultit would be canceled or postponed.
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