loss

Definition for loss

noun as in misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost

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accident, casualty, catastrophe, cost, damage, debt, defeat, deficit, destruction, disaster, failure, fall, injury, markdown, trouble

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bereavement, calamity, cataclysm, death, debit, deficiency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, dispossession, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, impairment, misadventure, mishap, need, perdition, privation, retardation, ruin, sacrifice, shrinkage, squandering, trial, undoing, want, waste, wreckage

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bad luck, losing, mislaying, misplacing

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He told the court the victim collapsed outside her flat in Retort Close and suffered a "catastrophic injury" from the dog bite and "extensive" blood loss.

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After Marymount was dealt its first loss at Redondo Union on Sept 2, she stated: “We have practice at 5:45 a.m. tomorrow and I have to like it.”

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Sally Roberts, chief nursing officer and deputy chief executive officer for NHS Black Country ICB said: "Every stillbirth is a devastating loss, our thoughts are with the families who have experienced such unimaginable grief."

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More than 70 species of bird were contestants this year, and ranged in conservation status from "doing okay" to "in serious trouble" due to a number of factors including predators and habitat loss.

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"We are still going through such a horrendous traumatic time and loss, and we're left alone to navigate it, and it's not OK."

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