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disastrous flood

collocation in English

meanings of disastrousand flood


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disastrous
adjective
uk /dɪˈzɑː.strəs/ us /dɪˈzæs.trəs/
extremely bad ...
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flood
noun
uk /flʌd/ us /flʌd/
a large amount of water covering an area that is ...
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Examples of disastrous flood


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I have not heard from any of the previous speakers why the matter was left over entirely until a disastrousflood took place.
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Suppose that a part of the country were to suffer a disastrousflood.
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Its production has been limited, partly by the disastrousflood which it suffered last year, partly—at one period—by a shortage of wood pulp and partly by a shortage of plant.
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Typical of general misdeeds are false statements that the entire plumbing system in an older property is unsafe and should be replaced urgently to prevent a disastrousflood.
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A disastrousflood in 1909 some years later damaged the building to such an extent that it was abandoned.
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In 1878 a disastrousflood destroyed the remaining water powered mills.
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After the disastrousflood in 1966, that severely damaged the historical center of town, it was imperative to examine the possible solution for flood protection.
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The county never recovered from that disastrousflood.
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The shop flourished until 1888 when a disastrousflood hit the city.
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Despite this, wherries were using the navigation until 1912, when a disastrousflood damaged the locks.
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This was set up in the wake of those disastrous floods to reexamine the arguments.
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We were affected very badly by the disastrous floods of 1968 when many thousands of my constituents were made homeless and many homes were flooded.
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I know that in my own neighbourhood we have had two or three disastrous floods.
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Who could have foretold the disastrous floods in the winter of 1968?
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Something also has to be said about current capacity for giving aid in rebuilding the regions devastated by the tsunami and the disastrous floods.
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If they did not get what they deserved and there was no excuse, such as disastrous floods, we should know the position.
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There may, of course, be fresh calamities in store for us, as unforeseen as was the last winter with its deadly blizzards and disastrous floods.
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This includes £7·5 million of emergency relief aid provided following the recent disastrous floods.
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The disastrous floods of the summer of 1968 are still very much in everyone's mind there.
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Major work has been undertaken in the valleys since the disastrous floods in 1981, and a great deal of improvement has been achieved.
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