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Used with verbs:
"
His injury looks severe."
(looks, seems, be: is/am/are, sounds)
"
The weather grew very severe."
(grew, became, remained)
Used with adverbs:
"
We had an extremely severe winter."
(extremely, especially, exceptionally, unusually, very)
"
The wind has gotten increasingly severe."
(increasingly, more, fairly)
Used with nouns:
"
George has severe allergies."
(allergies, asthma, arthritis, acne, doubt, pain)
"
We witnessed severe weather in Alaska."
(weather, wind, rain, snow)
"
The patient experienced severe bleeding."
(bleeding, complications, burns, dehydration, depression, discomfort, side effects, symptoms)
"
She has a severe disability."
(disability, disadvantage, disease, disorder, infection, injury, migraine)
