I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a damaging/crippling strike (= having a bad effect on an industry )
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The company now faces the prospect of a crippling strike.
accidental damage
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Buy an insurance policy that covers accidental damage .
an earthquake destroys/damages sth
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The earthquake completely destroyed all the buildings on the island.
badly damaged
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Both cars were badly damaged in the accident.
be beyond repair/be damaged beyond repair (= be so badly damaged that it cannot be repaired )
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Unfortunately the engine is beyond repair.
brain damage
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Potts suffered severe brain damage in the crash.
burn/damage your skin
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Strong sunlight can damage your skin.
cause damage
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A fire had broken out and caused severe damage to the roof.
compensatory damages
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She was awarded a large sum in compensatory damages .
criminal damage British English (= damaging someone's property illegally )
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He was charged with criminal damage to his boss's car.
crop damage
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The storms caused crop damage across the country.
damage an industry
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Financial scandals have damaged the industry in recent years.
damage sb’s reputation
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She wouldn’t do anything to damage her family’s reputation.
damage your health
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There is no doubt that smoking can seriously damage your health.
damage your image
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Has this scandal damaged the company’s image?
damage/destroy a habitat
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Widening the road will uproot trees and damage wildlife habitat.
damaged...ligaments
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damaged ankle ligaments
damage/harm to the environment
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A lot of chemicals used in industry cause harm to the environment.
do damage (to sth/sb)
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A mistake like that can do a lot of damage to your career.
environmental damage
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the environmental damage caused by opencast mining
fatally flawed/weakened/damaged etc
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Bolton’s idea was fatally flawed.
frost damage (= damage to plants, caused by frost )
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Some crop regions may have suffered frost damage.
harm/damage the economy (= make it less successful )
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Sanctions have damaged the economy.
harm/damage the environment
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The government insists that the dam will not harm the environment.
harmful/damaging (= causing harm or damage to something or someone )
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the harmful effects of drinking too much alcohol
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Some of the effects can be quite damaging.
incalculable harm/damage/suffering etc
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The outbreak of hostilities will cause incalculable misery.
inspect the damage
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I got out of the car to inspect the damage .
insure (sth/sb) against loss/damage/theft/sickness etc
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It is wise to insure your property against storm damage.
lower/damage morale
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We need to avoid damaging people's morale.
negative/damaging (= having a bad effect )
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The expansion of the airport would have a negative impact on the environment.
punitive damages (= money paid to someone who is the victim of a crime )
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The jury awarded punitive damages .
recover damages
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He was entitled to recover damages from the defendants.
repair the damage
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Neil tried to repair the damage that his statements had caused.
seek compensation/damages (= ask for money because of something bad you have suffered )
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The other two may seek compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
serious damage
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The explosion sparked a fire which caused serious damage to their flat.
seriously damaged
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His reputation had been seriously damaged.
severe damage
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The blast caused severe damage to the surrounding buildings.
severely damaged
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The hotel was severely damaged by fire last November.
sth destroys/damages a crop
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When disease destroyed the crop, famine followed.
sth is damaged/destroyed by fire
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The school was badly damaged by fire.
storm damage
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A lot of buildings suffered storm damage.
sue for damages (= in order to get money )
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The railway may sue for damages because of loss of revenue.
suffer damage
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The U.S. ship suffered no damage.
suffered...brain damage
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Potts suffered severe brain damage in the crash.
undermine/damage credibility
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A number of factors undermine the credibility of these statistics.
undermine/damage/weaken sb’s confidence (= make someone have less confidence )
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The situation in the US was undermining foreign confidence in the dollar.
undo the damage
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We cannot undo the damage of a lifetime in only 30 days.
untold damage
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The rumours will do untold damage to his reputation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accidental
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Yet another option is to buy a policy which itself covers accidental damage without the need for buying a separate extension.
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Most expensive of all is an all-risks policy which also gives wide cover against accidental damage .
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Personal Liability ... Up to £500,000 To cover your legal liability for accidental injury to third parties or accidental damage to their property.
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The pipes or cables must require repair or replacement due to accidental damage not due to wear and tear.
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All pipes should be bracketed to avoid accidental damage .
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The cost of tracing the damage is covered provided there has been accidental damage to the pipes or cables.
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We found it was more useful in stopping the debarking of trees or accidental damage to shrubs.
considerable
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All these may do considerable damage to his reputation.
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It could do considerable damage if it happened to hit some of the more fragile equipment.
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Stories were told about how they had actually done considerable damage to some visiting fans when situations had got out of hand.
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No warships were present, but considerable damage was inflicted on cargo vessels, with which the harbor was jammed.
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Cannons can cause considerable damage on your deep ranks too, but this is less worrying.
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The attacks caused considerable damage but no injuries.
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All the attacks caused considerable damage , but no one was injured.
criminal
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The 31-year-old man, suspected of causing criminal damage , had been arrested at Sheerness, Kent.
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One might well ask how important the element of criminal damage is to the rationale of the aggravated offence.
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The official was convicted of criminal damage for ramming the craft with a motorboat, then whacking it with a shovel.
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He's admitted shoplifting, theft and criminal damage but denies two alleged assaults on police.
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I was in a bad way at that time, I felt really depressed, so I went round causing criminal damage .
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Are the miscreants aware that they are guilty of trespass and criminal damage ?
environmental
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We will tackle the problem of congestion and environmental damage by enabling local authorities to provide better quality transport.
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Socallration losses but also tremendous environmental damage .
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Wesley Smith Opponents say it's a policy doomed to fail - creating massive environmental damage .
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When that happens, the result is environmental damage and human suffering.
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Immediate improvements in the rail network, allowing more movement of goods and passengers by rail and less environmental damage .
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But the precise size of the spill and the incumbent environmental damage remained unclear Saturday.
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Some items are harmless in themselves, but cause enormous environmental damage to make. 3.
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Local self-sufficiency is further hindered by widespread environmental damage .
extensive
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This caused a violent explosion resulting in extensive damage .
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With more extensive damage he will just repeat the proverb-one example of what is called concrete thinking.
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More frequent and more extensive damage is evident on all the subsequent categories.
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You may not know how extensive the damage is until warmer weather.
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There is an undocumented belief that these patients have a very high stricture recurrence rate because of extensive oesophageal damage and fibrosis.
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Tisaby could not say exactly how many windows were broken in the building nor how extensive the damage was in dollar terms.
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According to Moscow radio reports there followed a renewed rampage by rioters through the city resulting in extensive damage .
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In fact Etruria was hit by incendiaries several times, but thankfully survived without extensive damage .
great
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I have acknowledged the great damage done to the hon. and learned Member for Leicester, West.
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The greatest damage is in the Adirondacks, the next greatest in Vermont, and the next New Hampshire.
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But the greatest potential damage to Rangers' hopes of victory would be the loss of McCoist with a calf injury.
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With government number-crunchers idle so long, no one is sure just how great the damage will be.
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Furthermore, other ecosystems have suffered greater damage than the Amazon.
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He let me know of my flaws only after they had wrought a great deal of damage .
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You have to cause a great deal of damage to a Troll to stop it regenerating.
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In particular, extreme frosts below about - 20 to - 25 to - y reported to cause great damage to mature trees.
irreparable
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Why should his death, however tragic, threaten irreparable damage to an institutional structure of such proven strength?
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In truth, the society's decision will cause irreparable damage to the cause of music.
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At that stage they were completely outweighed by the threat of irreparable damage to her health and risk to her life.
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Would they ever be able to extricate themselves from it without irreparable damage being done?
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The Stalinist phase did all but irreparable damage to the international reputation of Soviet historiography.
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Parking the trailer Simply parking the trailer with the stands firmly down will not prevent really strong winds from doing irreparable damage .
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We are only one generation away from causing irreparable damage to the Earth's biosphere.
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Numerous environmental campaigners have alleged that Fisons's peat-cutting operations are causing irreparable damage to the fragile habitat of lowland peat-bogs.
irreversible
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We are looking forward to expert advice in your column before we do ourselves irreversible brain damage .
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This has done severe, irreversible damage to our identity.
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Prolonged fixation often lead to irreversible damage as muscles atrophied.
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A third priority is to stop irreversible damage to the natural environment.
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Conservationists however, claim that many licenses must be immediately revoked to avoid irreversible damage .
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Second, if the condition goes unrecognised, or is incorrectly treated, irreversible damage may occur.
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As a consequence some have suffered irreversible damage to their health.
minor
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Later another partially ignited device was found in a second furniture shop but caused only minor damage .
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Here in Scituate, the storm caused minor damage , flooding streets and knocking down power lines.
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Up to 200 others suffered minor damage .
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In some states, no-fault insurance has made it easier for the citizen to collect for minor collison damage in automobile wrecks.
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There was only minor structural damage to roofs and chimneys.
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Historic Curry Village also escaped flooding, the only minor damage inflicted by a rock slide.
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Torquay Deaf Club suffered some minor damage , but nothing which could not be easily repaired.
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Such acts often involve minor damage to property or disruption of certain routine social events.
permanent
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But he said Cherie should not suffer permanent damage if cured soon.
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No permanent damage was done to the substation, officials said.
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He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage .
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But if the artery stays plugged up for something like 15 minutes or more, permanent damage occurs.
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Too much strain on the relaxin-softened tissue can cause permanent damage .
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Even if you suffer permanent damage but are still able to work, this is the only way around it.
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The order to create wealth can never justify permanent damage to the balance of nature.
physical
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The offline operator is responsible for mounting and dismounting the offline media and inspecting media items for physical damage .
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Angelakos, 76 and retired since 1990, says the physical damage and emotional effects of his encounter have faded.
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They are convicted of physical harm or damage infrequently and they are in general petty and trivial offenders.
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In point of physical damage inflicted, it was true enough that the raid did not accomplish a great deal.
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The tortious principle gives protection to the ultimate consumer of a product where the product has caused physical damage .
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But a serious accident can cause far more than purely physical damage .
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Generally speaking, there is no tort action where the product is merely defective and has not caused any physical damage .
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But she had suffered no physical damage or identifiable psychological illness.
potential
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But the greatest potential damage to Rangers' hopes of victory would be the loss of McCoist with a calf injury.
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The market has a mechanism for ensuring even that the potential risk of damage to the environment can be costed.
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The potential economic damage is not restricted to arable farming.
psychological
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In it we can see reflected the ecological, psychological , spiritual damage and the massive human waste of this war.
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You should also be aware of the psychological damage you are capable of doing to yourself.
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The scourge had abated, but psychological damage had been done, which was not so readily repaired.
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Men can be passive without grave psychological damage only if the women are passive also.
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On this occasion City accepted with relish the chances which came their way and inflicted serious psychological damage on their dejected opponents.
punitive
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The judgment reflected a refusal by the court to limit punitive damage awards.
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In exchange, the companies would be protected from punitive damage awards on past misconduct but not future misconduct.
serious
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She suffered serious brain damage and was retired from her job on medical grounds.
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Unlike Washington state, there were no reports of injuries or serious damage .
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Nothing around us spoke of serious damage .
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Much more rarely, Candida can invade the eye, kidney, liver or brain, doing serious damage .
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The Nimbus was undamaged but the K8 had one wing severed at about half-span as well as other serious damage .
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Everyone gets very wet but it is worth while getting soaked if it saves even one glider from serious damage .
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Mr Quinn, 55, suffered 33 rib fractures, serious damage to internal organs and severe head and neck injuries.
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On this occasion City accepted with relish the chances which came their way and inflicted serious psychological damage on their dejected opponents.
severe
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That is nothing short of irresponsibility, and inflicts severe damage on our democracy.
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A similar overdose left a second patient, Maureen Bateman, with severe heart damage .
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In 1970 he suffered severe brain damage in a road accident which effectively ended his career.
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Any creatures that breathe the surface air directly are subject to severe lung damage , lung edema, and death.
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It is likely that very severe environmental damage would be done if parts of this reserve were activated.
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The possible side effects are severe kidney damage .
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With less severe colonic damage , terra fullonica was able to prevent the occurrence of systemic endotoxaemia.
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Paralyzed muscles lost tone and became flaccid; with severe damage they further degenerated through shrinkage and atrophy.
structural
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Minor bombing incidents in Buenos Aires and Santiago caused little structural damage and nobody was reported to have been injured.
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And the occasional burst pipe can cause major structural damage rather quickly.
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No one was injured but the interchange was closed because of fears of major structural damage .
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But most people found only busy signals, as structural damage and call volume overwhelmed local phone systems.
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Offices of the Levi jeans company and the computer firm, Casio, were being checked yesterday for structural damage .
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More structural damage could be hidden, one reporter said to explain Seattle's largely unscathed appearance.
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It caused £1,500 million of structural damage to at least 35 buildings.
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There was only minor structural damage to roofs and chimneys.
untold
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Its regime - which Prince Philip believed would turn his sons into real men - had caused Charles untold misery and damage .
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Inaccurate information from an uninformed physician can cause untold damage to the best educational program.
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However, incorrect stretching can cause untold damage and even permanent injuries in extreme cases.
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They were already well within the shield zone and, had the barge been hostile, it could have inflicted untold damage .
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The slide seemed empty, yet its contents could do untold damage .
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On the contrary, said the voice, it could do his case untold damage .
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It could inflict untold damage if he were to break that trust and be indiscreet.
■ NOUN
award
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The judgment reflected a refusal by the court to limit punitive damage awards .
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That would afford him some shelter from some creditors but would not discharge these damage awards .
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In Milwaukee, numerous civil rights lawsuits led to monetary damage awards to victims of police actions.
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However, there were no reported cases of damage awards or sheriffs removed from office.
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In exchange, the companies would be protected from punitive damage awards on past misconduct but not future misconduct.
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Punitive damage awards often run into the millions of dollars, some-times hundreds of millions.
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Or, he can plead with the judge to cut the damage award .
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Fujisaki ordered the damage awards stayed for 10 days while post-trial motions are filed.
brain
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She suffered serious brain damage and was retired from her job on medical grounds.
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He came into this world pretty beaten up, with what they considered to be soft neurological brain damage .
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We are looking forward to expert advice in your column before we do ourselves irreversible brain damage .
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Over-consumption causes temporary brain damage , impaired vision and often results in prolonged vomiting.
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All have returned to normal without permanent damage , although hyponatremia occurring during surgery has resulted in death or permanent brain damage.
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In 1970 he suffered severe brain damage in a road accident which effectively ended his career.
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In extreme cases they can suffer brain damage or die.
claim
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This is not storm and should not be dealt with as a storm damage claim .
control
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Investors remained sceptical of Tory damage control and subsequent polls showing a closer race.
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It is more like ordinary political damage control .
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Clinton also proved to be a master of damage control on the so-called character issues.
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Calipari has spotted problems and implemented damage control .
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It felt good to have something important and challenging to keep one busy, even if it was damage control .
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Korten, 48, knows a lot about damage control .
fire
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There is a great deal of information available about fire damage to property, but little on diseases related to industrial work.
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Most of the fire damage was confined to the restaurant and several Fox offices.
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In Wagon Mound the kind of damage that needed to be foreseeable was fire damage.
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Explosions that occur at high enough altitudes will lay down severe shock and fire damage without the fireball ever contacting the ground.
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It sustained a lot of fire damage when the labs went up.
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Recent incidents include £2 million fire damage to Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow.
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In 1917 Mawson was commissioned to replan Salonika, following extensive fire damage .
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This was as near as they dared to approach to avoid the risk of fire damage to the vehicles.
flood
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The assistance comes from the Bellwin scheme which can be activated for emergency relief after exceptional storm or flood damage .
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Dickson -- with no garage and no basement -- reported no flood damage .
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I hope they will still claim that rain belongs to them when people put in insurance claims for flood damage .
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Schafer said late Monday he hoped damage assessments for public and private flood damage from other counties would be collected by Friday.
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She feared the bounds of her mind would burst and she would be swamped, her sanity irretrievable in the flood damage .
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Homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage .
frost
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Avoid an east-facing situation to prevent frost damage and cut back long growth immediately after flowering.
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The market lost its earlier gains on perceptions the coldest temperatures came in areas where previous frost damage forced an early harvest.
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This can then encourage rot to grow on timber, and may also result in frost damage to masonry in cold weather.
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In mild winters apples buds began to break soon after Christmas, leaving them vulnerable to frost damage .
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Service pipes can run the length of the house and may need insulating against frost damage where exposed.
ligament
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Flanker Len Dineen received a broken ankle, and no.8 Victor Donnelly knee ligament damage .
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He suffered ligament damage in his hand two weeks ago in Palm Springs that required cortisone shots.
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Meanwhile, defender Graham Hill, sidelined since the start of the season by knee ligament damage , has resumed full training.
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He at least was heartened that there was no ligament damage found.
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Thomas will also miss most of those matches after having his right ankle put in plaster to repair ligament damage .
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After the game, she tearfully spoke of possible ligament damage .
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Sterland has missed the whole season so far with ankle ligament damage .
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But the watching scout only saw 27-goal Erskine carried off with suspected knee ligament damage .
limitation
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In truth Gene probably believes that the forces of darkness are gathering, but he also believes in damage limitation .
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It was to be an ugly demonstration; damage limitation was not on the agenda.
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Its policy is damage limitation , not prevention.
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Alec Stewart's 102-ball 55 never smacked of more than damage limitation .
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But damage limitation is not perhaps the best way to manage an election campaign when you are in opposition.
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Franks was busily engaged in a damage limitation exercise in Washington.
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He started on a kind of-well - what Mum and I used to call one of his damage limitation exercises.
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Their interests will best be served by damage limitation , but Zhu may yet regret siding with them so quickly.
liver
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The role of genes encoding other alcohol metabolising enzymes in a genetic predisposition to alcoholic liver damage has yet to be explored.
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In high doses, vitamin A can cause brittle nails, hair loss, headaches and liver damage .
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These data suggest that the risk of liver damage is greatest in patients with active viral replication before operation.
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Trichloroethene, a probable human carcinogen, can cause liver damage and genetic mutations in both human and animal populations.
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Their liver damage is usually mild, dose dependent, and reversible when the drug is stopped.
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This also seems to be the mechanism of piroxicam induced liver damage .
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Methionine or an alternative drug, N-acetylcysteine, prevents liver damage by boosting the levels of glutathione.
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They claim that he removed healthy wombs and bungled routine operations, leaving them with bladder, kidney and liver damage .
property
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Pyro may also have a claim for his property damage .
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About eighty were injured, and most of the property damage was limited to broken windows and overturned cars.
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This principle is illustrated in relation to property damage by the following case.
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Thus began a series of violent public demonstrations that brought about severe property damage , bloodshed, and death.
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Some property damage was foreseeable and the fact that it was more extensive than might have been foreseen did not matter.
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No deaths were recorded, and property damage was limited.
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An obvious risk of property damage alone is insufficient for manslaughter, but may suffice for the driving offences.
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This is clearly narrower than property damage .
storm
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This is not storm and should not be dealt with as a storm damage claim.
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It must have been a pretty hefty bit of storm damage .
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Worldwide the insurance industry has lost US$56,000 million in the past two years from storm damage alone.
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At the time we were rushing from job to job repairing storm damage , and fortunately were both wearing rubber soled boots.
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Repair of storm damage , foreign debt repayments and aid to small businesses were to be funded from the 1988 tax surplus.
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There is no cover for storm damage to gates, hedges or fences.
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A spokesman for President Clinton said assessment teams were studying the storm damage .
tissue
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Left to their own devices, these free radicals cause tissue damage .
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With tissue damage and necrosis, the cells disintegrate and leak their contents into the blood.
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For the physician, it is a demand to identify the objective source of the tissue damage which provoked the subjective awareness.
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Others use magnetic resonance imaging, like those used to find tissue damage in humans, to detect explosives.
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Supposing the physician can find no tissue damage or that there is an inappropriate relation between objective fact and subjective complaint.
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Injury or tissue damage stimulates nerve impulses in specialised sensory fibres. 2.
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Is this not proof that the pain felt by normal subjects mirrors the nature, intensity and location of tissue damage ?
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The aim is to minimise tissue damage and further movement could do just the opposite!
■ VERB
assess
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Forgetting the holidays temporarily, she headed out in her car to assess the damage for herself.
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State leaders will be assessing priorities today as damage inspection continues.
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Local traders met today to assess the damage .
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Mitchell trudged down the hall toward his corner office, detouring into the washroom to assess the damage to his hair.
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A spokesman for President Clinton said federal teams were still assessing the damage .
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The farmer stood back and scratched under his turban, assessing the damage to my vehicle.
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This is, however, the first study that also assesses gastroduodenal damage .
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Crandall, manager of the park, was waiting Monday for state officials to arrive to assess damage .
avoid
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To avoid further damage to sensitive ecosystems, sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions must be cut by 90 percent.
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To avoid damage in a down market, buy and hold stocks of companies with long records of rising earnings and dividends.
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Suggestions that he could avoid the damage by protecting the wheat fields with electric fencing do not impress Mr Berry.
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But please hurry up if you want to avoid the nerve damage and deformity that result from long-term exposure to the germ.
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They are useful for getting into awkward spaces, avoiding damage to the work around them.
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Even a predator as powerful as a tiger wants to avoid risk of damage to itself.
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All pipes should be bracketed to avoid accidental damage .
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It is important to follow the manufacturer's instructions on the dilutions and immersion times to avoid damage .
cause
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Minor bombing incidents in Buenos Aires and Santiago caused little structural damage and nobody was reported to have been injured.
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The amount of radiation that would have been needed to be effective would have caused intolerable brain damage .
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Roll for each target to see if you cause damage .
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If the project would cause damage , then the developer would have to foot the bill himself.
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Threadworms do not usually cause any long term damage .
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While the lasers could do the job, they would cause too much damage to the healthy tissue, he said.
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But evidence is mounting that Ecstasy can cause permanent brain damage .
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Inaccurate information from an uninformed physician can cause untold damage to the best educational program.
cover
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Yet another option is to buy a policy which itself covers accidental damage without the need for buying a separate extension.
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Homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage .
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Theft is excluded but this policy would cover damage caused by attempted theft. 3.
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Pipes and drains which are blocked are not accidentally damaged and the cost of clearing the blockage is not covered .
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Our marine insurance covers such damage or loss after the first £320.
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Ascertain if there is any other insurance in force to cover the loss or damage .
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If your Homecover policy covers the damage then the cost of the repairs will be paid when settling the claim.
do
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She remains more of a mystery, so a deepening scandal has the potential to do more political damage .
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If he perceives your body language wrong, he can do major damage .
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What's more, it's not just a build-up of toxic chemicals that can do the damage .
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It does moral damage by encouraging prejudice within children regardless of their color.
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Plus their hands are simply too tiny to ball into fists that will do any real damage .
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It would have taken only three or four weeks for the hungry larvae to do this damage , he said.
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Organization replaces individual authority; no individual is powerful enough to do much damage .
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And if you try and get up now, you will do yourself damage .
inflict
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However, it is possible for other war engines and large monsters to inflict damage on them.
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The law increased the penalties for those convicted of inflicting racially motivated damage on a religious building.
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Those with a taste for battle choose their weapons and most of them look capable of inflicting real damage .
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The articles are designed to inflict damage on Labour, but I doubt that they will.
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He's in a position to inflict major damage , and he does.
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Against an immobile target, such as a wall, even the early cannon could inflict quite considerable damage .
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But Tory rebels still remain confident they can win the day and in doing so inflict irreparable damage on the treaty.
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Most horses panic, and then they can inflict terrible damage upon themselves.
inflicted
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This time Dennis claimed hits on a destroyer while Osborne inflicted damage on a supply ship.
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Adam Gilchrist had inflicted much of the damage .
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On this occasion City accepted with relish the chances which came their way and inflicted serious psychological damage on their dejected opponents.
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They were already well within the shield zone and, had the barge been hostile, it could have inflicted untold damage .
inspect
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But neither the princess nor the police driver got out to inspect the damage .
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Thursday, on the Morning After, we went to the New Garden to inspect the damage .
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She picked up her suitcase and made her way along the aisle, pausing to inspect the damage to her legs.
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Loi, when he came to inspect the damage , was confident.
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The five then went into Meehan's flat to inspect the damage .
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I head for the cove to inspect the damage .
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I pulled on oilskins, clambered forward, and inspected the damage by the light of a hand torch.
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The Multnomah County Courthouse was evacuated and employees were gathered in a park across the street while officials inspected for damage .
limit
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Effective cell-mediated immunity is central to limiting viral damage .
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Gingrich and the group were discussing how to limit the political damage Gingrich would face for admitting to having broken House rules.
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All of them at least as concerned to limit the damage as to assist the inquiry.
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Rex raised the alarm, and the entire crew rushed forward in the rain and darkness to try to limit the damage .
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Efforts must be made to limit damage when things go wrong in the classroom.
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Although bank officials are seeking to limit the damage , the news will add to pressure for further cuts in borrowing costs.
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The object of their game was to limit the damage .
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After his return in 1471 Edward tried to limit the damage to the Stanleys by modifying Gloucester's grant.
prevent
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The lighting of the galleries has also been transformed and computer controlled blinds fitted to prevent damage from excessive levels of daylight.
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Eggs are packed in cartons with the large end uppermost to prevent mechanical damage to the egg.
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In order to prevent damage to a lawn, they can be trained to use a flowerbed.
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The usual preparation with Lugol may not prevent thyroid damage by I-MIBG.
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Within the home environment too, training is important to prevent damage to furniture and soiling of carpets, for example.
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Avoid an east-facing situation to prevent frost damage and cut back long growth immediately after flowering.
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It goes without saying that you should practise safe upgrading by observing all precautions to prevent damage by static electricity.
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Early diagnosis and treatment prevents brain damage and liver cirrhosis.
reduce
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The plan is intended to protect the environment and reduce damage from natural disasters.
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Heating oil is highly toxic in the short term, but it evaporates quickly, reducing the long-term damage .
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They have bevelled edges to reduce on-site damage and make it easier to work with.
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The new design should be a better fit, and so reduce the damage to the bone after an implant.
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Food is shared to reduce risks of damage in fighting and to prevent interference with eating.
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Poisoning rats with warfarin reduces the damage but is costly and possibly damaging to the environment.
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Careful handling is necessary to reduce mechanical damage .
repair
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And it is costing the company another £16 million to repair the damage to the 1,000 kiosks plundered.
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Now he was scheduled to undergo a second surgery the next day to repair nerve and disc damage in his spine.
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This continues, but at least now efforts are also being made to prevent further pollution and even repair some of the damage .
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When the trade deadline passed last week, Krause did nothing, again, to repair the damage he chose.
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But he is determined to repair the damage when he and wife Cherie meet Mr Bush tonight.
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He wanted to repair the damage done to him and his family.
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But part of her did want to repair some of the damage they had done to each other.
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He can not repair the damage he will not acknowledge.
result
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Under these circumstances, the chain may cause bruising, and can even result in damage to the nerves unless adjusted.
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This caused a violent explosion resulting in extensive damage .
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Healing with a launch failure A failure very close to the ground frequently results in damage .
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There is some evidence that low salinities induced by freshwater may result in physiological damage to corals.
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This pinpointed the main problem ara - non-asbestos work resulting in damage to asbestos-containing insulation material.
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They maintained that David's death had resulted from damage done by forceps before his birth.
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According to Moscow radio reports there followed a renewed rampage by rioters through the city resulting in extensive damage .
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This can then encourage rot to grow on timber, and may also result in frost damage to masonry in cold weather.
suffer
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She suffered serious brain damage and was retired from her job on medical grounds.
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He suffered ligament damage in his hand two weeks ago in Palm Springs that required cortisone shots.
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Rouen Cathedral suffered serious war-time damage in 1944, but is now largely restored.
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Even if you suffer permanent damage but are still able to work, this is the only way around it.
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Either Alice or Bert could bring such a claim if they suffered damage .
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Two other fire trucks suffered heat damage , while three other vehicles experienced minor harm.
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Furthermore, other ecosystems have suffered greater damage than the Amazon.
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Each released two bombs that would be slowed by fins so the bomber could make its escape without suffering any damage .
sustain
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The basement of the house had sustained heavy damage and part of the ceiling on the top floor had collapsed.
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The medieval tower of the town hall of Foligno, near Assisi, also sustained further damage .
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If chargers move through Fanatics they have not already encountered then they sustain more damage as they hit the deranged Goblins.
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Squash and green beans sustained the worst damage , with 50 percent 70 percent, respectively, of these crops lost.
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His home sustained some damage , but mostly remained intact.
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Though still standing, the basilica itself has sustained terrible damage .
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As for the Tirpitz, her crew received a considerable scare but the ship itself sustained no damage .
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Both ships sustained major damage , but no one was injured or killed.
undo
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You have a chance maybe to undo some of the damage that man has caused our family.
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Maybe there was still time to undo the damage ?
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She had to see Ratchette and try and undo some of the damage that had been done there.
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We certainly can not undo the damage of a lifetime in only thirty days, Sam.
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But it is not too late to undo that damage .
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Cotton, with an assist from this public-spirited pillar, has done his best to undo the damage caused by the hogwash.
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There wasn't any way Evelyn could undo the damage .
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It would be a cruel hoax because City would not be able to undo the damage these young people had suffered.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
collateral damage
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It could also be that collateral damage from a program crash has changed the setting.
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Our helplessness, outrage and fear were not collateral damage.
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This collateral damage to otherwise healthy bits of tooth may in the end have to be dealt with itself.
wilful damage/disobedience/exaggeration etc
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He then smashed up his cell and began his detention with a three month sentence for assault and wilful damage.
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Unbelievably, they were later fined for, respectively, wilful damage and assault, and obstructing the police.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Acid rain has caused serious damage to the pine forests of northern Europe.
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It will take many years to repair the damage caused by the floods.
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Never look straight at the sun. Any damage to the retina could cause permanent blindness.
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New ways of reducing the damage to the environment are urgently needed.
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Rubella is a serious infection, which can cause severe physical damage to the unborn child.
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The vandals did over £20.000 worth of damage .
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There is growing evidence of lasting psychological damage to children in broken families.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Advice on any legal problem which arises in connection with the journey or holiday or with damage to your home.
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Boeing Field in south Seattle also was closed, by damage to the runway, Sims said.
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Endothelin induced gastric mucosal damage was carried out as described below.
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Gary Locke estimated losses totaling billions of dollars, as damage reports of highways, homes and businesses continued to trickle in.
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If you have an existing bedframe, always ask for advice, as the wrong combination may cause damage to the mattress.
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In truth Gene probably believes that the forces of darkness are gathering, but he also believes in damage limitation.
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Mr Galston complains, and evidence of the damage is becoming clearer and clearer.
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The Multnomah County Courthouse was evacuated and employees were gathered in a park across the street while officials inspected for damage .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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This same dithering had also damaged Cleo irrevocably.
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But they can also damage you the most in times of conflict.
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Economic problems also damaged the administration's standing with conservative Republicans.
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Cadmium is a carcinogen that can also damage the kidneys.
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The buyers were awarded damages assessed at 5s. per quarter and also damages which the buyers had to pay to their sub-buyer.
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Alleged inconsistencies in the transport ministry, according to analysts, also damage confidence.
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A police car was also damaged during the incident, Warrington Crown Court was told.
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Overheating the attic can also damage the roofing shingles.
badly
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Like other urban institutions, the zoo was badly damaged in the factional fighting of the early 1990s.
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Obviously if the group is small, its chances of success may be badly damaged by one individual not joining.
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Her own iron prow and cutwater were carried away, and she was otherwise badly damaged about the stern by the collision.
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The Millar Memorial, however, suffered a setback recently when a fire badly damaged their band hall.
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The car was badly damaged and one man was lying in a ditch.
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A bedroom was badly damaged in the blaze, but arson is not suspected.
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Read in studio Fire has badly damaged an office block in Gloucester.
extensively
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The vehicles involved a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Orion were extensively damaged .
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Dozens of homes, a church, primary school and shops were also extensively damaged .
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Mr Rowbotham's Ford Escort car was extensively damaged .
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The 17-year-old suffered only minor injuries despite the Vauxhall Cavalier car being extensively damaged .
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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus fought the blaze which extensively damaged the house.
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The 20m by 10m barn was extensively damaged .
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Two firemen wearing breathing apparatus managed to confine the fire to the living room, which was extensively damaged .
further
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Further damage to preparations caused by local heating includes blistering of thin section bonding resins and even cracking of the glass slide.
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Not only would that further damage his image for posterity.
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Efforts by the government and the judiciary to combat the cartels had been further damaged by two recent incidents.
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The plane was further damaged the next day when it tried to take off on three engines instead of the usual four.
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But there were fears that Manchester's chances of staging the games in the year 2000 have been further damaged .
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This is needless and removes stones and rocks from their natural location and further damages the environment.
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The widespread destruction and looting carried out by the soldiers further damaged the image of the new government.
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And Mr Bush's economic advisers fear that any extra regulation could further damage an already weak economy.
most
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It is this last point which is perhaps the most damaging .
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His right arm and leg were the most damaged .
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It is the big money from the millionaires that is most damaging .
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It appears to be most damaging to rapidly growing organs in the body, Etzel said.
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Most damaging of all, some scientists fell into this very trap.
potentially
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These lenses are much smaller than ours, so less potentially damaging light reaches the sensory cells.
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The effects of comet and asteroid impacts are potentially damaging to life in general, and to human civilization in particular.
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Punitive damages potentially could be much more costly to cigarette companies than compensatory damages.
seriously
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However, the decline in the Tokyo stock market, which has rendered many warrants worthless, may seriously damage the market.
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Neither Bradley nor his school have been seriously damaged by his small act of information sharing.
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Girls like their men to look tough-but with every sign of being quite seriously damaged .
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The quake seriously damaged computers at the U.S.
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If that was now imposed on it, it would very seriously damage its business.
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In two days we had had forty-five ships seriously damaged in our slick battalions.
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Buildings were destroyed and many others, the Uffizi gallery among them, were seriously damaged .
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But she did it so skillfully that again neither she nor her plane was seriously damaged .
severely
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The Amerada Hess Corporation oil refinery, with a capacity of 545,000 barrels per day, was also severely damaged .
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A severely damaged Royal Navy destroyer burns through the day with exploding ordnance and great sudden flares of burning bunker oil.
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Next door the Northern Bank was severely damaged with window frames jutting out of the cracked masonry.
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We have a flood control system that is severely damaged .
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The front room was severely damaged and no one was injured in the incident.
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Twin quakes on Sept. 26 killed 10 people and severely damaged the basilica in Assisi.
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Its credibility has been severely damaged and its attempts to find a solution to the problem have resulted in abject failure.
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One day a car was brought in that had been severely damaged in an accident.
■ NOUN
brain
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By examining you, we can find to what extent your brain was damaged - if it was your brain.
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My brain damaged Can you come to me?
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Only 10% of children born with spina bifida are brain damaged .
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In Mashpee, two parents were indicted on charges of abuse that left their baby boy blind and brain damaged .
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However, that part of his brain may have been damaged and unable to give an accurate reading.
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Sometimes paralysis occurs, but it all depends on what brain region was damaged .
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In contrast, it is remarkable how little change in function there usually is when the brain is damaged .
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Affected babies are small, deformed and brain damaged .
building
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Huge tidal waves swamped the town, damaging almost half the buildings .
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It can never achieve anything but slowing people's journeys and damaging a few buildings .
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A rise in soil salinity in coastal areas is also expected to damage buildings , as are increased storms and gales.
business
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The move was intended to prove that co-operation could damage business .
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The courthouse bomb shattered 22 windows Thursday and blew out a chunk of wall while damaging four businesses on the surrounding block.
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If that was now imposed on it, it would very seriously damage its business .
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Cultural isolation may be damaging to the business sector of one nation.
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Companies A company may sue for defamation, but only in respect of statements which damage its business reputation.
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Any level of drinking that adversely affects some one's work performance is likely to damage your business .
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Do they damage the business of government by inhibiting confidentiality and honest private discussion?
car
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Garage blaze: Most of a garage was damaged after a car caught fire at a house in Durham Road, Stockton.
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Police stepped up patrols along the freeway after the shooting Monday morning, which damaged a car but caused no injuries.
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One was against a civil guard barracks in San Sebastian, which damaged several parked cars .
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They were chased away in their damaged car , having been told not to come back or they would be killed.
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The 17-year-old suffered only minor injuries despite the Vauxhall Cavalier car being extensively damaged .
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You're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately.
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A crash during practice shook him up and badly damaged his car .
career
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Being innovative can damage your career .
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Because they were afraid of damaging their careers .
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The affair had to be kept secret, or the scandal within the hospital would irrevocably damage his career .
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Becoming a martyr in most business environments is a good way to damage your career progress permanently.
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It did not want to undermine trust or uncover extraneous information that might damage agents' careers .
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Mr. Hunt I withdraw the commendation that I gave the hon. Gentleman, but only because that is damaging his political career .
cause
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Whereabouts in the model would damage cause a patient to have to rely on the non-lexical procedure for reading?
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Too often over-involved people burn out without realizing it and end up damaging their cause and themselves.
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They are the fat, and it would have damaged his cause even to admit their existence.
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The consequent adverse publicity was widely held to be damaging to the Labour cause .
cell
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These in turn can destabilize living organisms, damaging their cell structure.
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Two hot areas: products for dieters and antioxidants, which are thought to neutralize so-called free radicals that can damage cells .
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Such levels can damage developing tooth cells and produce dental fluorosis.
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The damaged parenchymal cells lose their ability to either conjugate bilirubin or to transport the bilirubin that is conjugated into the bile.
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Nitrogen mustards in suitable doses damage only cells and tissues which normally exhibit relatively high rates of proliferation and growth.
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This is caused by the leakage of conjugated bilirubin from damaged parenchymal cells into the sinusoids.
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She mutilated herself, damaged her cell , showed violence towards staff and set fire to her bedding.
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Advocates say that large doses of antioxidants protect against cancer by soaking up dangerous oxygen molecules that can damage cells .
confidence
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The general economic uncertainties, and particularly high unemployment damaged the confidence of prospective house buyers.
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Alleged inconsistencies in the transport ministry, according to analysts, also damage confidence .
credibility
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At the same time, two financial scandals have damaged the government's credibility .
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But that would damage the credibility of the government further and certainly affect the financial markets, analysts said.
economy
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In the long run, persistent current account deficits are difficult and costly to sustain and are damaging to an economy .
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It builds in and reinforces their dominance, but it damages the weaker economies .
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The general election was called only after months of on-again, off-again dithering which damaged our economy and weakened our democracy.
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And Mr Bush's economic advisers fear that any extra regulation could further damage an already weak economy .
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Both ministries are acutely aware that Britain is suffering from skills shortages that could damage the economy and hold back business.
environment
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Control has often centred on powerful organochlorine pesticides, which kill the locusts but can then damage the environment .
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Finally, Galvin points out that when we damage our environment , we damage our future.
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Organic farms can be as productive as industrial farming and do not damage the environment .
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I suspect we may have permanently damaged the soils environment .
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We are, each of us, personally responsible for damaging our environment .
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This does not stop motorists damaging the environment but only stops them destroying it quite so violently.
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Clearly, this type of consumption will severely damage the environment .
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All of this stresses the need to ensure that future development must enhance rather than damage the environment .
fire
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If business premises suffer serious fire damage the landlord usually covenants to reinstate the premises with all convenient speed.
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The fire department estimates that damage at 50 Congress St. is about $ 500, 000, Caron said.
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He did not do so and the fire spread and damaged the plaintiff's property.
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Inside, some oil was set on fire and equipment damaged , prompting an argument about nonviolence.
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The Millar Memorial, however, suffered a setback recently when a fire badly damaged their band hall.
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Read in studio Fire has damaged a disused hotel at Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
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Read in studio Fire has badly damaged an office block in Gloucester.
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Some fires last summer damaged signalling cables.
flood
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The chapel was again damaged by flood in 1956 and restored in 1957.
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What there is instead is a deep sense of sympathy with those who have been damaged by the flood .
goods
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We all pass through this life as damaged goods , and the repair work is ongoing.
health
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Still to come ... can the new craze for step aerobics actually damage your health ?
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Inside the body, the virus is powerful and can be extremely damaging to human health .
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Avoid poisons Every day there is another scare about some product damaging our health .
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The blocking of natural functions can damage our health .
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It is a state of unease of the mind, and in the horse damages both its health and behaviour.
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Living can damage your health , he wrote.
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Similarly, workfare might expose people to the stigma and frequent humiliations that are damaging to health .
home
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Tumbling trees and limbs also damaged homes throughout the region.
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It demolished a pub and damaged fourteen homes where families were sleeping.
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In Silverado Canyon, clogged streams can mean damaged homes and flooded roads.
house
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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus fought the blaze which extensively damaged the house .
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The water damaged the plaintiff's house and caused it to be left empty.
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Bomb wrecks Ulster hotel A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses .
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It destroyed or damaged around 410,000 houses , leaving an estimated 1,200,000 people homeless.
image
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It was widely agreed that the episode had damaged the public image of Congress and had discredited the confirmation process.
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Not only would that further damage his image for posterity.
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Mr Scott added that all the media attention since May had undoubtedly damaged the good image of the club.
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The manoeuvring has greatly damaged his image as a leader capable of making hard decisions.
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The widespread destruction and looting carried out by the soldiers further damaged the image of the new government.
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But his tenure of the prime minister's press office lowered its reputation and damaged Mrs Thatcher's image .
ligament
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He damaged ankle ligaments in the defeat at Chesterfield last Saturday and will be out for about three weeks.
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Ince needed long treatment and it was later discovered he had damaged ankle ligaments .
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The former Great Britain amateur skipper has damaged knee ligaments .
million
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The civil suit, which had sought $ 10 million in damages , ended in an undisclosed settlement on Tuesday, however.
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The accidents, which involved streetcars and cable cars, caused $ 3. 6 million in damages and injured 10 people.
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The Blumenfelds are seeking $ 4. 8 million in damages plus interest going back to 1992.
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C., jury awarding Food Lion $ 5. 5 million in damages for fraud and trespassing.
punitive
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The punitive damages that we awarded is a deterrent for other murders, not just Mr Simpson.
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The trio seeks $ 25 million in damages , plus unspecified punitive damages.
relationship
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Nearly all think that their working habits damage relationships with their spouse, their children and harm their health.
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It is difficult to make progress in your career if you leave a trail of damaged relationships behind you.
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The proliferation of staff has also damaged collegial relationships in Congress.
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Despite the points listed above, many capable employees fail to see how they are damaging relationships all around them.
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Moreover, such a challenge is likely to damage the trading relationship between the client and the customer concerned.
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Longer-term solutions would include restoring the damaged relationships within the unit so that there is a return to normal working conditions.
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Restoring a damaged relationship with a superior Your most important working relationship is with your immediate superior.
repair
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On November 30, 1951, B 30A A73-39 was damaged beyond repair when it overshot the runway at Changi.
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The pilot suffered only minor injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair .
reputation
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But stinting excessively would probably damage his reputation more than overspending.
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The Democrats had argued that the embarrassment of a shuttered government was damaging the reputation of the House.
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One must avoid publicity or anything that could damage the reputation of the hotel.
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You think you can damage my reputation by repeating the fantasies of some neurotic schoolteacher?
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He said the cancellation of the all-night concert damaged his reputation and would cost him future business.
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Companies A company may sue for defamation, but only in respect of statements which damage its business reputation .
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It can only be activated when a false statement actually damages a reputation .
system
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Well her being human, she thought it might damage our digestive system .
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Now they know a two-pronged approach is needed: blocking the virus and rebuilding the damaged immune system .
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The stronger argument is a functional one, that brains do not respond to damage like typical interactive systems .
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Frehley appears to shoot rockets from his guitar that damage the sound system .
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My social worker says that I shouldn't be gettin' high, because it damages the immune system .
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Hormonally active synthetic chemicals can damage the reproductive system , alter the nervous system and brain, and impair the immune system.
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There is evidence that they damage the immune system and cause cancer in animals; the effects on humans are disputed.
■ VERB
claim
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They claimed the bumps could damage their vehicles.
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It supports the Internal Revenue Service, which has claimed in court that damage awards for non-physical injuries should be taxable.
lose
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Should it be lost or damaged , it can be regenerated quickly.
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A number of circumstances in which a transparency could be lost or damaged would be quite beyond the control of the borrower.
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On a flotilla holiday you may accidentally lose equipment or damage the yacht.
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If your parcel is lost or damaged , compensation may be paid up the specified limit according to the fee paid.
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collateral damage
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It could also be that collateral damage from a program crash has changed the setting.
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Our helplessness, outrage and fear were not collateral damage.
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This collateral damage to otherwise healthy bits of tooth may in the end have to be dealt with itself.
damaged goods
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If there was actual combustion of the damaged goods , however caused, there has been damage by fire.
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On 5 September a credit note No. 19 was received from A. Creditor in respect of damaged goods valued £5.00 returned by the hotel.
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She didn't, but something about the way she moved confirmed my suspicion that she saw herself as damaged goods .
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We all pass through this life as damaged goods , and the repair work is ongoing.
wilful damage/disobedience/exaggeration etc
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He then smashed up his cell and began his detention with a three month sentence for assault and wilful damage.
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Unbelievably, they were later fined for, respectively, wilful damage and assault, and obstructing the police.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't put any hot things on the table - you'll damage the surface.
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He slipped on some ice and damaged ligaments in his knee.
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Lewis damaged his knee in training and will not appear in the game.
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Several recent events have damaged the government's public image.
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Smoking can seriously damage your health.
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The building had been severely damaged by fire.
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The company's future prospects will be badly damaged if this deal falls through.
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The crisis has badly damaged the president's authority.
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The goods were damaged during transport.
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The storm damaged hundreds of houses.
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This is likely to damage Scott's reputation even more.
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When carrying out the operation, doctors have to take great care not to damage the delicate nerves endings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both sexes will be damaged by the continuous disciplining that the rebellious and unsuccessful boys require.
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Huge tidal waves swamped the town, damaging almost half the buildings.
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It damages the nerves in the hands, feet or eyes.
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Read in studio Fire has badly damaged an office block in Gloucester.