considerable damage

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableanddamage

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They can causeconsiderabledamageto forests.
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This internal inconsistency can doconsiderabledamageto inferences about privatesector behavior, when central-bank monetary aggregate data are used.
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Considerabledamagewas done to the walls.
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Considerabledamagewas caused by the public.
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I know thatconsiderabledamagewas caused.
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This phenomenon has also causedconsiderabledamage.
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Considerabledamagewas caused to adjacent property.
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This could result inconsiderabledamage.
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There is veryconsiderabledamagethere.
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For that reason, the earnings rule doesconsiderabledamage.
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I think that would be likely to doconsiderabledamage.
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But it has also doneconsiderabledamagein two ways.
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There is alsoconsiderabledamageto roads and services.
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Its removal would inflictconsiderabledamageon us.
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Too high a density of deer can causeconsiderabledamage.
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In the process we have done ourselvesconsiderabledamage.
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Considerabledamagewas done to the environment in that period.
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Incidentally, there has beenconsiderabledamageto levels of employment.
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Rabbits and hares doconsiderabledamageto crops and pasture.
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The mistaken timing of a prosecution may causeconsiderabledamage.
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We have attacked them night after night, inflictingconsiderabledamage.
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So we sustainedconsiderabledamage—more than they did.
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It is crude, inefficient and bound to causeconsiderabledamage.
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Far from assisting that argument, they do itconsiderabledamage.
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Such houses would sufferconsiderabledamagefrom constant vibration.
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