tragedy
19 10 2007Nouns
1. (n.) calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy;
- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
- “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”; “the earthquake was a disaster”;
2. (n.) tragedy;
- drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity;
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