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grievous
adjective as in severe, painful; serious
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Example Sentences
The inquiry also heard about children who were most at risk, and suffered "grievous harm" at the hands of those who should have been caring for them.
Online retail's gain would have been English rugby's grievous loss.
Under the Offences against the Person Act, it amounts to grievous bodily harm.
In addition to the three attempted murders, he was found guilty of causing grievous harm with intent to the nine-year-old girl.
Ms Choi received the harsher sentence for causing him grievous bodily harm, with the court saying at the time that her actions exceeded the "reasonable bounds" of self-defence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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