severe
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Supporters say it could raise $100 billion over five years, to be spent mostly on public education, food assistance and California’s medicaid program, which face severe cutbacks thanks to federal budget-cutting.
From Los Angeles Times
“However, despite the media attention, it is still in the range that one would expect with a moderate to severe flu season; there is not pressure on hospital beds, ICU beds or ventilators.”
From Salon
That period six years ago saw Australia's most severe fire season on record, the so-called "Black Summer" of 2019-20 where dozens of people died and thousands of hectares of land was burnt.
From BBC
When severe enough, neuropathy can be debilitating and force oncologists to lower the dosage of chemotherapy.
The former Texas great suffered “severe burns on his body.”
From Los Angeles Times
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