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very severe

adjective as in draconian

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“Sometimes you might withdraw a ventilator in cases of very severe and permanent neurological damage,” Joffe said.

I know the infrastructure challenges in these three nations in particular are very severe.

Stanley did the best job possible at the time working under very severe limits.

So what you get is this very subtle, very severe competition.

I returned from London with a very severe cold, so I won't be attending CPAC this year.

It occurs in well-marked cases of pernicious anemia and leukemia, and, much less commonly, in very severe symptomatic anemias.

It has sometimes been very severe, and left many persons ill for a year or two.

The disease is very severe, painful, and depressant, but the mortality is quite low except in complication with other maladies.

The infection of the eye is very severe and dangerous, and the usual quarantine is to be observed.

Eliot must be in town in a fortnight to a very severe call of the House.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to very severe, such as: cruel, drastic, heavy-handed, oppressive, severe, and strict.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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