falling tree

collocation in English

meaningsoffallingandtree

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falling
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.lɪŋ/us
/ˈfɑː.lɪŋ/
If something is falling, it is becoming lower in size, amount, ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition offallingandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have seen only two trees flowering in non-mast years, following damage to the main trunk (by fire and by impact from anotherfallingtree).
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The second piece of advice is that sites chosen should not be susceptible to environmental disadvantage such as flooding,fallingtreesap or bird droppings.
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The question of afallingtreecomes under another section and it is not dealt with in this manner.
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In addition, a car was crushed by afallingtree.
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One person in town was injured by afallingtree.
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Additionally, afallingtreebranch hit a man in the head, resulting in a serious head injury.
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The first cabin survived until 1969, when it was destroyed by afallingtree.
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One person died in a car accident while a traffic light was offline, and another person died when afallingtreestruck a train conductor.
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Also, afallingtreetakes down a lot of other small trees in the forest.
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Stela 4 is badly damaged, having been broken into pieces by afallingtree.
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Afallingtreedamaged a city water tank.
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The southern end of the wall was damaged by afallingtreein the great storm of 1990 and rebuilt with insurance money.
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The most common disturbances to the supply system are over height vehicles,fallingtreelimbs, damaged polls, and fires nearby to overhead wires.
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Fallingtreelimbs greatly contributed to the loss of electricity in all municipalities affected.
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It is similar to afallingtree.
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In addition to traffic accidents, fatalities were reported due to tornadoes, heart attacks while shoveling, roof collapses due to heavy snow,fallingtreebranches and carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Several hundred thousand falling trees damaged at least 10,000 homes.
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Trees wounded from machinery or other falling trees and are then more susceptible to heart rot.
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