severe damage
Frequency: 8.822.1 per million words
a very serious amount of damage
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Examples (10)
- The hurricane caused severe damage to the coastal towns.
- After the fire, inspectors found severe damage to the building's structure.
- He suffered severe damage to his lungs from years of smoking.
- The scandal inflicted severe damage on the company's reputation.
- A power surge can cause severe damage to electronic equipment.
- The car sustained severe damage in the accident and had to be written off.
- Frost has caused severe damage to the orange crop this year.
- This misinformation campaign is doing severe damage to our democracy.
- Without proper care, the ancient manuscript could suffer severe damage.
- The earthquake was so strong that many historical monuments sustained severe damage.