Since Hong Kong has Asia's busiest airport hub, the policy could severely disrupt international travel.
True or not, trade restrictions would severely disrupt China's still export-dependent economy.
These newcomers can severely disrupt the balance of ecosystems and crowd out existing species.
The microwave oven can severely disrupt the signal, but only while the oven is in use.
Arresting and prosecuting the leaders and financiers of piracy groups could severely disrupt their businesses.
So quickly has targeted advertising advanced that a ban would severely disrupt the internet economy.
While psoriasis is sometimes viewed as merely a cosmetic disease, it can be painful and severely disrupt lives.
Yet attrition does not cause nearly as much pain as do permanent layoffs, which can severely disrupt families and lower workers' incomes for years.
But Dr. Johnson contends that the discount rate needs to be lower because climate change has the potential to severely disrupt projected economic growth.
Yes, he acknowledged, weather was fickle — the storm, after all, could shift course — and an evacuation order would severely disrupt lives.
The freezing weather, which fell to -20C overnight in parts of Scotland, continues to severely disrupt travel across the country, and has claimed the lives of two pensioners found dead in their gardens in Cumbria.
