hit hard
idiom
: to be affected badly : to be harmed
Many families have been hit hard by the layoffs.
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The following year was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, when ticket sales were hit hard due to arena capacity restrictions.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Melania Trump traveled with her husband late last week to Western North Carolina to visit communities hit hard by Hurricane Helene.
—Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
California has been hit hard by this past year's bird flu outbreaks, which have resulted in record cullings across the egg industry.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
While efforts to speed disaster aid to areas of California hit hard by wildfires languish, lawmakers Monday offered other measures, notably an effort to make arson and looting during a wildfire a federal crime.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Melania Trump traveled with her husband late last week to Western North Carolina to visit communities hit hard by Hurricane Helene.
—Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
California has been hit hard by this past year's bird flu outbreaks, which have resulted in record cullings across the egg industry.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
While efforts to speed disaster aid to areas of California hit hard by wildfires languish, lawmakers Monday offered other measures, notably an effort to make arson and looting during a wildfire a federal crime.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Hit hard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20hard. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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