Severe in a sentence as an adjective

The severe restriction placed on travelers is similar to a trend of restrictions placed upon soldiers following 9/11.

The only way to stop a large hemorrhage is to use copious amounts of the material, resulting in severe burns in some case reports.

For years, I would periodically drop into severe depression; I would stop sleeping, stop eating, stop answering my phone or email.

I regret using the word "scam" in my answer, because I think it overshadows the broader point I was making about Bitcoin's severe structural design flaws.

And it's true that overcoming your own objections to seek, and stick with, treatment for such a severe personality disorder is both impressive and admirable.

In the same way that someone with severe OCD will do things like wash their hands until the skin comes off, these people are neurotically compelled to dominate others even if doing so actually harms them.

Ortiz today: and they recognized that his conduct while a violation of the law did not warrant the severe punishments authorized by Congress and called for by the Sentencing Guidelines in appropriate cases.

Severe definitions

adjective

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"

See also: terrible wicked

adjective

very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"

See also: hard knockout

adjective

severely simple; "a stark interior"

See also: austere stark stern

adjective

unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"

See also: spartan

adjective

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

See also: dangerous grave grievous serious life-threatening

adjective

very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"