The ~ of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment.
Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President’s ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
The ~ of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment.
Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President’s ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012