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Meanings of heavy loss in English

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Usage of heavy loss in English
1
Derby council's velodrome suffered a similar fate: it made a heavy loss.
The Guardian
2
His death during the Great War is a heavy loss to Albania.
Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
3
The hand-to-hand fighting was very severe, and the enemy suffered heavy loss.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
4
He would be a heavy loss to the service, added the captain.
Percival Keene
5
To capture the position by a frontal attack would involve heavy loss.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
6
On both sides the enemy was thrown back with very heavy loss.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I...
7
Numbers had fallen, but they had inflicted heavy loss upon the Romans.
For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
8
The Baggara horsemen attacked them furiously, but were repulsed with heavy loss.
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
9
I've met with more than one heavy loss since I saw you.
True Riches; Or, Wealth Without Wings
10
The Confederacy had sustained a heavy loss in the death of Stonewall Jackson.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
11
Notwithstanding this heavy loss, the survivors landed and put the Indians to flight.
Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer
12
The supply exceeded the demand, and many dealers suffered heavy loss.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
13
He too has a heavy loss in these two dear ones.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
14
The victory remained to the Republicans, though not without heavy loss.
The Chouans
15
The dragoons charged the Indians, but were repulsed with heavy loss.
Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People / V...
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This was a heavy loss for the cause of Huayna Ccapac.
History of the Incas
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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