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catastrophe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disaster |
| Type of | hard knocks, hardship, adversity |
lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system.
catastrophe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cataclysm |
| Type of | geological phenomenon |
| Has types | nuclear winter |
catastrophe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy |
| Type of | misfortune, bad luck |
| Has types | famine, force majeure, visitation, apocalypse, tidal wave, tsunami, unavoidable casualty, vis major, act of god, inevitable accident, kiss of death, meltdown, plague |
Examples of catastrophe
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While the world waits for Europe to make up its mind, catastrophe is in the air.
From the economist.com
They say the discovery of tiny heat-formed diamonds is proof of the catastrophe.
From the latimes.com
One has to go back 76 years to find precedent in a similar economic catastrophe.
From the thestate.com
It is possible that a catastrophe event exceeds the maximum expected event loss.
From the hemscott.com
It can't renegotiate its debts without triggering a global economic catastrophe.
From the independent.co.uk
Even attempting to pay off a fraction of this amount will result in catastrophe.
From the infowars.com
Health workers and politicians warn of a catastrophe if its spread is confirmed.
From the guardian.co.uk
Promoting one too early and then sending him back down would invite catastrophe.
From the washingtonpost.com
Catastrophe takes many forms, but many of these memoirs involved medical crises.
From the happiness-project.com
- Calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
- 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
- (catastrophic) extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"
- Catastrophe is a 2009 book co-written by American political commentator Dick Morris and his wife Eileen McGann, which spells out hypothetical catastrophic consequences of the Barack Obama administration policies and shows how the Obama administration could be stopped.
- In drama, particularly the tragedies of classical antiquity, the catastrophe is the final resolution in a poem or narrative plot, which unravels the intrigue and brings the piece to a close. ...
- Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.
- Catastrophe is a short play by Samuel Beckett, written in French in 1982 at the invitation of A.I.D.A. (Association Internationale de Du00E9fense des Artistes) and u201Cirst produced in the Avignon Festival (21 July 1982) u2026 Beckett considered it u2018massacred.u2019u201D It is one of his few plays to deal with a political theme and, arguably, holds the title of Beckett's most optimistic work...
- Catastrophe is a five-part British documentary television series telling the story of the catastrophic events that shaped planet Earth. It is presented by Tony Robinson and was first aired on Channel 4 on 24 November 2008. The series producer was Stephen Marsh with researcher Dr Rhodri Jones.
