catastrophic effect

collocation in English

meaningsofcatastrophicandeffect

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catastrophic
adjective
uk
/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us
/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofcatastrophicandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such egalitarian, non-assimilationist contacts seem to have helped the population maintain languages, thus indirectly highlighting thecatastrophiceffectof colonization (as domination of one population by another) on linguistic diversity.
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Biological agents are particularly problematical: a small quantity can have a widespread and potentiallycatastrophiceffect.
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Any further large increases in rail fares will have acatastrophiceffecton living standards and will drive people well below the poverty line.
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That higher rate had acatastrophiceffecton unemployment in small rural areas where these industries are located.
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Such a reduction would have acatastrophiceffecton our defences.
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This is having acatastrophiceffecton the rents of new council houses, which very few potential tenants can afford.
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That would have had acatastrophiceffecton levels of public expenditure and on most people living in this country.
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That has had acatastrophiceffecton the reservoir, because one of the local sewage plants also feeds into the reservoir.
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It is clear that all these factors, unless they can be altered, can produce acatastrophiceffectin this country.
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It could have acatastrophiceffecton a man's marriage.
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But is he aware of thecatastrophiceffectthat these enormous increases in fees have had?
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Used wrongly, they could have acatastrophiceffecton our whole economy.
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If someone is not adequately compensated, probably his largest asset is lost, and that may have acatastrophiceffecton that family and its wealth.
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The full force of the legislation fell directly on individuals—withcatastrophiceffect.
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Where is the provision which would have thatcatastrophiceffect?
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I have no doubt that the system as it is working at present is having acatastrophiceffectupon apprentices.
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Taking the size of a mortgage as only one example, there is acatastrophiceffectof a sudden decrease in income related to unemployment.
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I understand that those substances would in a very short time have acatastrophiceffecton the nervous system of anyone exposed to them.
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That would clearly have acatastrophiceffecton the economy but could be sustained.
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