catastrophe

29 05 2008

Nouns
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.) catastrophe, 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”;

3. (n.) cataclysm, catastrophe;
  - a sudden violent change in the earth’s surface;

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