deal a severe blow

The old woman looked as if she'd been dealt a severe blow.

They said such reductions would deal a severe blow to very poor nations.

And losses in both of the coming hearings could deal a severe blow to his defense.

Two of his ideas in particular could deal a severe blow to lease managers.

The students won their vote - dealing a severe blow to the balloon business in California.

Although they hope to continue, she said, the terrorist attacks dealt a severe blow.

"It also would have dealt a severe blow to our war effort.

But now the Serbian plans appear to have been dealt a severe blow.

Public opinion was that the battle had dealt a severe blow to the Indians.

With corporate profits strong, some analysts said they could see no economic factors that would deal a severe blow to the market here.

And that quest has been dealt a severe blow.

"Housing has been dealt a severe blow right from the start of this Governor's term.

The new ground yielded more crops than anticipated, but later the whole project was dealt a severe blow.

The heart of the North Vietnamese transportation system had been dealt a severe blow.

The explosion also dealt a severe blow to the latest effort to bring peace to this country after more than 14 years of strife.

The loss of the cities, each with a splendid harbor, dealt a severe blow to Muslim power on the island.

A referendum on the state's top Democrat may also have dealt a severe blow to the party's second-ranking leader.

"It's unnecessary, and the federal government has been dealt a severe blow in their attempt to nationalize the death penalty."

The sight of the three great ships burning together dealt a severe blow to the Venetian morale.

Tell them the Judah-iteshave raised arms against us and have dealt a severe blow.

He is eighth in the points race, 156 points behind Burton, and his title run was dealt a severe blow.

In April 1982 the party was dealt a severe blow, as Saudi state forces arrested hundreds of its members.

This dealt a severe blow to British intelligence-gathering in Ireland.

The Administration officials warned that a failure to send troops would deal a severe blow to the Atlantic alliance.

In short, loss of the armory to the homeless dealt a severe blow to high school track - and to civic spirit.