devastating cut

collocation in English

meaningsofdevastatingandcut

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devastating
adjective
uk
/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
causing a lot of damage ...
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cut
noun
uk
/kʌt/us
/kʌt/
an injury made when the skin is cut with ...
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(Definition ofdevastatingandcutfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The first is the quitedevastatingcutin the housing programme over the next two years.
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That is adevastatingcutin the work of that agency.
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Has he taken into account the injurious effects on social services that are operated by local government as a result of this furtherdevastatingcutin local government funding?
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Is that not rather adevastatingcut?
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It is destroys people's respect for democracy if councils raise council tax well above inflation and have to inflict devastating cuts.
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In view of that, how can he justify the devastating cuts in the public sector housing budget this year?
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It did not grow to the extent that it replaced the devastating cuts in expenditure in the public sector in particular, and in other sectors.
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But they have made no representations to us of the devastating cuts they now allege.
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What is he doing to restore the devastating cuts that have been made in adult education?
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To avoid that, it would have to make devastating cuts, which would restrict its ability to attract students and leave it open to further cuts.
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