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Defenition of the word catastrophe

    • Defenition of the word catastrophe

      • A sudden, widespread disaster or calamity that greatly exceeds the resources of an area or region.
      • A sudden violent change in the earth's surface.
      • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
      • a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
      • 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"
      • a sudden violent change in the earth''s surface
      • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
      • a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

    Synonyms for the word catastrophe

      • calamity
      • cataclysm
      • devastation
      • disaster
      • misfortune
      • ruin
      • tragedy
      • upheaval

    Similar words in the catastrophe

      • catastrophe
      • catastrophe's
      • catastrophes

    Hyponyms for the word catastrophe

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

    Hypernyms for the word catastrophe

      • adversity
      • bad luck
      • geological phenomenon
      • hard knocks
      • hardship
      • misfortune

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