noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Young Daniel's death had been as great a tragedy , but had not taken him like this.
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I know our lives have moments of great tragedy and terrible suffering.
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He suffered a great personal tragedy two years ago but he remains with the orchestra.
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So great was the tragedy that its horror has not yet been forgotten.
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Any case in which a patient suffers a medical accident is a great tragedy .
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Darkman is another example of this great tragedy .
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Ireland at this period was suffering one of the greatest tragedies of its history - the Great Famine.
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The outrage had been overshadowed by the greater tragedy of world events.
human
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Mr. Hinchliffe Has the Minister any understanding of the individual human tragedy of unemployment?
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There is an enormous cost in terms of both human tragedy and the economic implications, through days lost through sickness and ill health.
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The media avoided referring to the human tragedy of war.
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To its shame, the international community has stood idly by and allowed this human tragedy to continue for far too long.
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Price data can not capture the scale of the human tragedy unfolding across the developing world.
national
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It is a national tragedy for Britain.
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Alcohol abuse has become a national tragedy , but for me it is a symptom of an even larger malaise.
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It is possible to see this most clearly when some local or national tragedy occurs.
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And because the country is so small, the nation does come together, especially in times of war or national tragedy .
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Gordon Brown portrayed it as a national tragedy that Miss Spence had to apply instead to Harvard, where she was accepted.
personal
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But I appreciate that every job lost is a personal tragedy for the person involved.
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She said losing would be a personal tragedy .
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Delight in his work shrouded personal tragedy .
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On March 17, 1992, Rex and Betty Jo faced a terrible personal tragedy .
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The deaths serve as a reminder that asthma is responsible for a continuing toll of personal tragedy .
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Corry was affected by personal tragedy following the bombing.
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He suffered a great personal tragedy two years ago but he remains with the orchestra.
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Migration, for example, may be an enforced personal tragedy following persecution or a voluntary choice for a more prosperous life.
real
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It was his first real tragedy and he took it very badly.
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Or, in a real tragedy , a key scaffold species may be globally extinct.
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The real tragedy of Tony Bland is that he is in the public eye.
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A real tragedy has taken place.
terrible
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More often, however, they haunt that person alone and by so doing indicate some terrible tragedy is imminent.
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On March 17, 1992, Rex and Betty Jo faced a terrible personal tragedy .
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They elope together, wander the country in search of work, and, finally, a terrible tragedy overtakes their children.
■ VERB
bring
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In a war, every family has some one fighting, and every night brings fresh tragedy to every community.
end
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Moreover they nearly always end in tragedy because the protagonists reach out in some way fur the unattainable.
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So the Calydonian boar hunt ended in tragedy .
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With your help we can end this needless tragedy .
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These scenes heighten the tension and suggest that all will end in tragedy .
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The ambition of those heady days had ended in tragedy , of course.
lead
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The combination of all these factors led to the tragedy on pad 34.
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Once again this low view of humankind led to tragedy .
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He says that Murray always tried to help others, and it was doing just that which led to the tragedy .
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The malign coincidence that led to the tragedy was made clear by accident investigators' measurements.
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Confronting him and getting her money back leads to violence and tragedy .
occur
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There is no clear professional accountability when tragedies occur although there are some signs of it emerging.
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That same year, a minor tragedy occurred during a pre-game stunt.
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What tragedies must occur before he and the Minister of State will change their minds?
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It is possible to see this most clearly when some local or national tragedy occurs .
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It senses the danger and almost instantaneously cuts off the power with a speed of reaction which can prevent a tragedy occurring .
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The Stewarts had another residence, in Renfrewshire, and it was while they were visiting it that a tragedy occurred .
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Yet such triumphant tragedies must needs occur .
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Will he accept personal responsibility for any tragedies that occur in the meantime?
prevent
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Could she have prevented this latest tragedy ?
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How are we going to prevent such future tragedies ?
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It's hoped the system will prevent tragedies like the M50 murder.
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They believe this is the sort of incident where the taser might come into its own to prevent a tragedy .
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It senses the danger and almost instantaneously cuts off the power with a speed of reaction which can prevent a tragedy occurring.
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We have the commitment and the skills to prevent many other tragedies , and to help casualties find love and happiness again.
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It almost instantaneously cuts off the power, and can prevent a tragedy occurring.
suffer
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Although the innocent might suffer , such tragedies were often accepted philosophically as part of the divine will or punishment.
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There is suffering and tragedy in this quirky love story as Toshi learns the truth of his parents' past.
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Stotfield was not the only village to suffer tragedy this day.
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Bad weather took more of a toll in our community and Derek Brown's family suffered a tragedy during one bad winter.
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He suffered a great personal tragedy two years ago but he remains with the orchestra.
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Father-of-two Mr Weddle's former wife, Jacqueline Dearden, 41, has suffered nightmares since the tragedy .
turn
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And so once again, Oklahomans are determined to turn a tragedy into a triumph.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Investigators still do not know what caused the tragedy , which killed all 278 people on board.
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Oedipus is one of the most famous characters in Greek tragedy .
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Shakespeare's tragedies
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The real tragedy is that the city will no longer have an orchestra.
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the worst tragedy in the history of space flight
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Unless the world deals with the AIDS threat now, the African continent could suffer "a tragedy of historic proportions."
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Area police, who were coordinating the tragedy coverage, issued a statement following complaints from some of the families.
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By increasing the emotional element in comedy, comedy comes into closer relationship with tragedy .
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The Fairley family considered that they dealt with their tragedy very well, because both children afterwards showed no signs of trauma.
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The girl's short life had been dogged by tragedy .
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The story went that after the tragedy Godolphin had retired to his country estate, and never again ventured beyond its perimeters.
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Theirs is a tragedy for our entire nation.
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There is no clear professional accountability when tragedies occur although there are some signs of it emerging.
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What the hon. Member for Staffordshire, South said about the tragedy unfolding before us is right.