hard-hit
adjective
: profoundly stricken : affected in an especially negative way
one of the industries particularly hard-hit during the downturn
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Van Rij says France would therefore be disproportionately hard-hit by Trump’s America First trade policy.
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Sophie Tanno, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
There is bipartisan support for additional aid, especially from lawmakers from the Southeast that were hard-hit by hurricanes.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
But Milton's impacts were felt not so much by the size of its tropical storm field, rather the damage those storms spawned with tornadoes, heavy flooding and widespread power outages in a region already hard-hit by Helene two weeks ago.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, nearly 7,000 federal personnel were deployed as of Monday to areas hard-hit by Helene.
More than $210 million in federal aid for survivors has been administered, according to FEMA.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
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Sophie Tanno, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
There is bipartisan support for additional aid, especially from lawmakers from the Southeast that were hard-hit by hurricanes.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
But Milton's impacts were felt not so much by the size of its tropical storm field, rather the damage those storms spawned with tornadoes, heavy flooding and widespread power outages in a region already hard-hit by Helene two weeks ago.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, nearly 7,000 federal personnel were deployed as of Monday to areas hard-hit by Helene.
More than $210 million in federal aid for survivors has been administered, according to FEMA.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Hard-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-hit. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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