Sentence examples for inflicted severe damage from inspiring English sources
During a period of calm weather early in the battle, the French were better positioned than the disorganised British squadron and Roquebert's ships inflicted severe damage on several British vessels before an increasing breeze allowed Schomberg to press home his attack.
On 25 April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake inflicted severe damage to the nation of Nepal, causing several Himalayan mountains to shrink, including Mount Everest which shrunk by one inch.
Fighter jets scrambled from Eglin inflicted severe damage, slowed it, and the USS Carney torpedoed one of its supports.
While technologies like electroshock therapy have inflicted severe damage on patients, doctors are favoring newer electricity-based therapies.
The following month, the military said it had "inflicted severe damage" on Hamas's drone program with an airstrike.
In field experiments, elephants inflicted severe damage on whistling-thorn trees from which ants had been removed.
If they seem instead to be flailing desperately at enemies, real or imagined, they may inflict severe damage on themselves.
If he grants Mr. Snowden asylum, Mr. Putin will inflict severe damage on Russia's relationship with the United States.
Legal tradition holds that makers of large cars, pickups and trailer trucks are not liable just because these vehicles inflict severe damage on small cars during crashes.
