unnecessary death
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunnecessaryanddeath
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unnecessary
adjective
uk/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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death
noun[C or U]
uk/deθ/us/deθ/
the end ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryanddeathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The first are those, some of whom have spoken in the debate today, who passionately believe thatunnecessarydeathmust be avoided at all costs.
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It must make greyhounds safe fromunnecessarydeathand suffering.
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It is generally recognised as making an important contribution to the reduction ofunnecessarydeathand injury among children.
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Oneunnecessarydeathfrom smoking is one too many if we can prevent the deceptive peddling of the products which may cause it.
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We must remember that each and everyunnecessarydeathcauses unnecessary grief to friends and relatives.
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One must never let an argument between districts cause anunnecessarydeath.
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The essential point is that we are condemning people tounnecessarydeath.
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In the end he died; a shocking andunnecessarydeath.
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If we are to protect future generations fromunnecessarydeathand disability, we need a straightforward policy of guidance for the practitioners and health record cards for the parents.
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That is an appalling,unnecessarydeath.
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It would be a tragedy if the great efforts of many people should now be thwarted or that the industry should die anunnecessarydeathat this stage.
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Darius considers peace the highest human value and is always shocked and saddened byunnecessarydeath.
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Saddened by hisunnecessarydeath, she wrestles with her guilt over what she could have done to prevent it.
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Nevertheless, we cannot accept unnecessary deaths on the road, even if in single figures.
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They would be willing to accept unnecessary deaths because they do not want bodies to be tampered with.
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Armed conflict remains the greatest hindrance to eradicating the scar of poverty from our world and preventing the unnecessary deaths of millions.
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The lack of medicine, drugs, anaesthetics, water purification materials and so on are leading to countless unnecessary deaths.
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It is sad to say that there are many unnecessary deaths from this cancer which could be detected by proper screening.
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Our point is that we oppose the alternative of unnecessary deaths.
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There were thousands of unnecessary deaths and tens of thousands of unnecessary injuries.
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