severe
Example Sentences
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These experimental drugs might help people lose weight so quickly that they will be marketed for more severe forms of obesity.
Governments globally are facing increasing financial strain, complicating efforts to cushion their economies from a severe energy shock.
She went through severe levels of school absence during and after treatment, her mum says, and has developed anxiety around returning to class.
From BBC
Although symptoms vary from person to person, endometriosis can be severe and debilitating.
From BBC
"The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that the world is facing an energy crisis more severe than the oil shocks of the 1970s," he added.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
