catastrophic consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcatastrophicandconsequence
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catastrophic
adjective
uk/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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One only gets this kind ofcatastrophicconsequenceif one uses computers and puts rubbish in and then gets rubbish out.
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One of the striking aspects of the report is thecatastrophicconsequenceon police-community relations of social and economic policies going wrong.
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A mistake with suchcatastrophicconsequenceto our country can not go rewarded.
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Those of 1987, 1988 and 1951 were ofcatastrophicconsequence.
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These failures need to be detected and predicted before they have catastrophic consequences.
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However, the reforms have not had the catastrophic consequences for the sector that some had initially predicted.
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This can have catastrophic consequences when the design process becomes committed to poor early decisions.
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The failure to ensure enough fuel for melting snow had catastrophic consequences.
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When the system is in the neighborhood of an unstable equilibrium, a small perturbation may have catastrophic consequences.
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The latter regime may be correlated with a large energy concentration in a small region that may cause catastrophic consequences.
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Because any action might have unforeseen catastrophic consequences, the action of carrying it out will be prohibited, and so will the action of not carrying it out.
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In a dynamic modeling scheme, this is a crucial issue, because modifying the behavior of the system for grammatical words is likely to have catastrophic consequences.
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But that does not deal with the sudden emergency situation which could have catastrophic consequences and raises the most serious issues of public safety.
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Failure would increase the already growing pressure for protectionism and the creation of inward-looking trade blocs, with catastrophic consequences for the developing world.
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This has put our truckers at a massive disadvantage, with catastrophic consequences for the industry.
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It is demonstrably untrue that catastrophic consequences will follow abolition.
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Tobacco is habit-forming and harmful to health, and it can have catastrophic consequences on the individual, costing society dearly in terms of health outlay.
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This one might call a purely benevolent contrivance to save the parties from the catastrophic consequences of not serving the notice in time.
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Let us take the reactor pressure vessel which, if it fails, would have catastrophic consequences.
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