severe winter

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereandwinter

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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winter
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈwɪn.tər/us
/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/
the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather ...
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(Definition ofsevereandwinterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theseverewinterof 1995-1996 resulted in differences in residue production by the covers.
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Interruptible supplies can help to meet the natural gas demand peaks associated withseverewintertemperatures.
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Aseverewinteralways brings an epidemic of hypothermia, which is preventable.
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With a great sense of duty, they carried out a difficult operation in the midst ofseverewinterweather.
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After a difficult growing season and aseverewintersuch as we have just had, fresh vegetables are inevitably scarcer and dearer.
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Following theseverewinterof 1978–79, it has been decided to cut road gritting and road cleaning services by two-thirds.
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Contingency plans exist to deal with coal transport emergencies which may result fromseverewinterweather.
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In the lastseverewinterwe saw the advantage in the fact that this fuel can be stored.
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I know that we had aseverewinter, but we must expect to have some bad weather at some time in the winter.
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I feel sure everyone will agree that had we had aseverewinterthe number of disconnections would certainly have doubled.
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But even if there is aseverewinter, it is not so severe over the whole country.
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Why should such people be excluded from help when they have been confronted with such aseverewinter?
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I regard it as a danger and if we have a veryseverewinterit may lead to disastrous implications for industrial production.
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If we have aseverewinter, we shall know perfectly well that we do not want this experiment.
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According to all the predictions we now face aseverewinter.
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I come to a very much more serious matter, and that is the losses that have taken place during this terriblyseverewinter.
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In view of the exceptionallyseverewinterit would be premature to judge the success of the arrangement solely on this year's experience.
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We have had an excep- tionallyseverewinter.
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There may, for example, be an extremelyseverewinterwhich damages the fabric of the building.
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This means that, unless we act now, we can expect more flooding, moreseverewintergales, more storms and more droughts.
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