Police attributed the act to anarchists who met with the severest repression. Proportionally this community suffered the nation's severest D-Day losses. The severest penalty that could be given according to NSL is the death penalty. As magistrates, they handed out the severest of penalties to offenders. The severest penalty is disqualification from the European competitions. This was one of the severest cyclones of the last century. It has been one of the severest challenges of Ukrainians. The severest structural damage on the hull was also repaired to make the ship watertight. In its severest form, affected babies often die from respiratory failure. When my son died, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. The severest demonstrations took place in 1969 in the wake of May 1968. The center differential could also be fully locked mechanically for the severest off-roading.