to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)

The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.

If you have problems with rats or mice, you can scare them away with ultrasound.

He was attacked by a giraffe.

I wrote a post to my blog encouraging men to report experiences with domestic abuse.

We sustained significant losses.