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

Her husband's baseball career ended after a severe blow to the head during a game.

I did so and received a second severe blow to the head.

The move would form a conservative majority party, a severe blow to the nation's left.

The loss of funding was a severe blow to the project.

"We really think it will be a severe blow to the whole process."

At the best, it would be a severe blow to the potential career of anyone sent here.

The ruling is a severe blow to the city government.

"It would send out the wrong message to the international business community and be a severe blow to the Island's economic future."

It came as a severe blow that after the war the food situation only grew worse.