extreme hardship

collocation in English

meaningsofextremeandhardship

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extreme
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstriːm/us
/ɪkˈstriːm/
very large in amount ...
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hardship
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈhɑːd.ʃɪp/us
/ˈhɑːrd.ʃɪp/
(something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example ...
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(Definition ofextremeandhardshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For their part, the unemployed remained compliant in the face ofextremehardship.
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In this account, women like her were neither innocent nor victims, forced byextremehardshipinto otherwise unimaginable measures.
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Except in times ofextremehardship, homestead heads generally sought to build up their followings.
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There is complete chaos, muddled withextremehardship, and these are unfortunate companions.
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Other options available to authorities include deferring charges, abating charges inextremehardshipcases, or offering discretionary loans.
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There is, at the moment, a minimal power of total authorities to make some remission of rates in cases ofextremehardship.
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This discretion is exercised only where recovery would causeextremehardship.
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The result is that in some of these casesextremehardshipis being occasioned.
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I can assure him, if he will do so, that he will be doing a lot to assuage muchextremehardship.
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In the recent steel strike, steel workers and their families sufferedextremehardship.
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Extremehardshipthrough crop failure is usually the result of conflict or poor crop management.
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In certain cases this might be anextremehardship.
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Many elderly people survived that cold weather, but sufferedextremehardship.
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A more serious matter is causingextremehardshipfor mineworkers and widows of former mineworkers.
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Ifextremehardshipis felt by pensioners as a result of higher charges, economic pricing will be harder to justify and maintain.
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This matters, because the strict arithmetical system can workextremehardshipon some people.
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I am sure that we could all give many examples ofextremehardshipcaused to our constituents.
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Recently a number of cases have come to my notice ofextremehardship.
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I appreciate theextremehardshipthat is caused by delays in reconnection.
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I have had in my own constituency several cases ofextremehardshipon this score.
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