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Meanings of dire consequences in English

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Usage of dire consequences in English
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It's not going to result in dire consequences, but it's not good.
Radio NZ
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Playing with carefree abandon against this Liverpool side could have dire consequences.
The Guardian
3
Mom always threatened dire consequences if you flunked out of high school.
Wired
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The illegal occupation of vacant land during this period may have dire consequences.
The South African
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Late diagnosis is far from unusual and can have dire consequences.
The Guardian
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In particular, local authority funding has been slashed, with dire consequences.
The Guardian
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Noor holds life-threatening information which, in the wrong hands, could have dire consequences.
The South African
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For years, successive administrations have been warned of the dire consequences of inaction.
The Irish Times
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And when a river is depleted of that, there can be dire consequences.
Radio NZ
10
The horse trade and its dire consequences were recalled to mind.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 1
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To all these dire consequences Max was quite as wide awake as I.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
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But all brokered deals rather than face the dire consequences of going bust.
The Guardian
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What dire consequences to humanity lie in the contemptuous ignoring of Eastern problems!
The Book of Tea
14
Finance ministers spoke of dire consequences, including riots, if the food price spiral continued.
Reuters
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Not all donations to national political groups have dire consequences.
Reuters
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He further warned of dire consequences if Israel annexes settlements built on occupied land.
Reuters
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