emotional damage

collocation in English

meaningsofemotionalanddamage

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emotional
adjective
uk
/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/us
/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofemotionalanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Long afterwards, they suffer both physical andemotionaldamage.
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Theemotionaldamagethat that does to children is horrendous.
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A child can also be at risk if it suffers psychological andemotionaldamage.
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We must also consider theemotionaldamagethat race hate inflicts on young children.
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Often, those youngsters have not suffered physical violence per se, but have undoubtedly sufferedemotionaldamage.
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We must obtain the best possible evidence from child witnesses without inflicting moreemotionaldamageupon them.
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There is no word about the danger, theemotionaldamage, that may be done in so many different ways.
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How can we morally justify the continuing promotion of a product which we know causes so much physical andemotionaldamage?
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As far as the patients are concerned, some recover with scars andemotionaldamage.
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Its promotion with unsubstantiated claims can cause significant financial andemotionaldamage.
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It is nonetheless forbidden because the victim has been caused physical andemotionaldamage.
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It will take a long time to repair the physical and theemotionaldamageof the past and bring about a real sense of reconciliation and partnership.
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It will take a long time to repair the physical andemotionaldamageof the past and bring about a real sense of reconciliation and partnership.
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In this technique, a professional aids in keeping the individual in alignment while they achieve closure for traumaticemotionaldamage.
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Playing through the eyes of "the protagonist", you can go through the experience without the completeemotionaldamage.
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This caused many people to suffer from hunger along with theemotionaldamagethat came along with that much loss.
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Experts argued whether participants should be protected against themselves and whether participation would cause psychological oremotionaldamage.
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According to the government, the bill would eliminate low quality content that inflicts psychological oremotionaldamageon views.
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Those fathers often suffer because they are not able to visit their child as regularly as they would like, and the child from that family is already sufferingemotionaldamage.
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The police officer spelled out his own experience and, in so doing, may have prevented some of those young people from suffering severe facial andemotionaldamageor even death.
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We seek acknowledgment of the need for healing theemotionaldamagecaused by adoption separation and secrecy, and work towards ensuring that needless separation no longer occurs.
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The psychological consequences include, in particular, traumatization (mainly of the civilian population, but also members of the military), cognitive andemotionaldamage, and the destruction of trustful social relationships.
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