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The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
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In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said.
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The destruction or ruin of an object.
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Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
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It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.
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Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
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The match ended in their first loss of the season.
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The death of a person or animal.
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The battle was won, but losses were great.
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The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
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Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.
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(financial) The sum an entity loses on balance.
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The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
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Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
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The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid.