catastrophic damage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcatastrophicanddamage
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catastrophic
adjective
uk/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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damage
noun
uk/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofcatastrophicanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If we do not take that opportunity, we risk inflictingcatastrophicdamageon our planet.
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To draft in unskilled people would producecatastrophicdamageto the grid supply of the country.
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The waters reached 12.5m ft and causedcatastrophicdamage.
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We are talking aboutcatastrophicdamage, and £1,000 million may well be right, with another £1,000 million derivative damage.
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The convention has been drafted to deal with bulk carriage only; the main risk ofcatastrophicdamage by the substances concerned arises from such carriage.
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We must not surrender them to short-term commercial exploitation and, perhaps, long-termcatastrophicdamageto human and environmental health.
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It remained submerged for over a week, with much of the equipment sufferingcatastrophicdamage.
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In eight months, they will pass close enough to causecatastrophicdamage.
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The 2011 tsunami toppled more than 50% of the walls and causedcatastrophicdamage.
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To preventcatastrophicdamageto the surrounding components the engine was secured.
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Thecatastrophicdamageto the rupiah caused in 19971998 severely damaged confidence in the currency.
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Catastrophicdamageto trees and utilities resulted, resulting in widespread power outages.
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The city's downtown core sufferedcatastrophicdamage, with many businesses and residential properties completely destroyed.
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Yap experiencedcatastrophicdamage, with 90% of buildings destroyed, 1,500 left homeless, and one fatality.
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The city, located on an island in a massive flood zone, sufferedcatastrophicdamage.
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Continuing eastward, the tornado caused additional severe tocatastrophicdamagebefore moving out of the city.
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The resulting impact causedcatastrophicdamageto his spine and brainstem.
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Hurricane winds generate destructive waves which can causecatastrophicdamageto offshore reefs.
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The potentiallycatastrophicdamageto individuals makes the offence important beyond the numbers affected, as does the fear that it casts over the lives of sociable people.
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There is no need for me to devote time to emphasising thecatastrophicdamageto the country's economy that would result from a protracted miners' strike.
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Many of its buildings sufferedcatastrophicdamagesome buildings lost entire floors, others lost elaborate cornices and flourishes.
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Under extreme conditions, the initial shock can cause violent oscillations that quickly build and result incatastrophicdamageof the entire airframe.
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This causedcatastrophicdamageto the cruiser and blew open many of her bulkheads, allowing water to flood her decks while she was burning furiously.
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The 10-coach electric train in front sufferedcatastrophicdamageas coach 8 was run through and completely destroyed by the coach immediately behind it.
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She has a high degree of resistance to injury and in the event ofcatastrophicdamagecan be rebuilt and repaired.
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