catastrophic impact

collocation in English

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catastrophic
adjective
uk
/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us
/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˈɪm.pækt/us
/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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(Definition ofcatastrophicandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They indeed provided some famous examples of biological invasions which had acatastrophicimpacton local biodiversity, leading to the extinction of local species.
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This surviving record is the hard evidence against which predictions of the environmental effects of potentiallycatastrophicimpactare compared.
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There are also increasing risks of adverse psychological and social events: psychiatric problems such as drug-related psychosis, for example, can have acatastrophicimpacton relationships.
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The next chapter provides us with the insight we need to understand how acatastrophicimpactevent could have wrought changes sufficient to cause global extinctions.
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It is also of grave concern to owner-occupiers who must fear thecatastrophicimpacton property values if so many houses are repossessed.
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Of course, that may have acatastrophicimpacton the election.
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Is it not true that the new rating system—the community charge—will have a dreadful,catastrophicimpact on many industrial towns and their economies in the northern region?
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That is the essence of the debate—the role of the institution and thecatastrophicimpactit has had on the universities and student numbers in the past two years.
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An emergency or failure in any one segment could havecatastrophicimpacton the rest of the system.
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This can also refer to the efforts to inform employees or the public of a potential hazard which could have acatastrophicimpact.
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Another major development, one with futurecatastrophicimpact, was the drive initiated in the early 1960s to substantially increase cotton production in the republic.
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This had a mean diameter of about 280 km and was disrupted by thecatastrophicimpactthat created the family.
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Nordhaus takes seriously the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change.
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