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CATASTROPHE

Definition:

1. [noun] an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
   Synonyms: calamity, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
   
   
2. [noun] a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
   Synonyms: disaster
   
   
3. [noun] a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
   Synonyms: cataclysm
   
   

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Related Words:

• act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty
• apocalypse
• famine
• kiss of death
• meltdown
• plague
• visitation
• nuclear winter

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