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   catastrophe

   /kəˈtastrəfi/

   noun

   • 1. an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: "an environmental catastrophe"
   • ▪ something very unfortunate or unsuccessful: "the tax would be a catastrophe for the industry"
   • 2. the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘denouement’): from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē ‘overturning, sudden turn’, from kata- ‘down’ + strophē ‘turning’ (from strephein ‘to turn’).

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   A catastrophe is a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction, or a bad situation. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, collocations and translations of catastrophe from Cambridge Dictionary.

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   The meaning of CATASTROPHE is a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin. How to use catastrophe in a sentence. Did you know?

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   A catastrophe is a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction, or a bad situation. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, collocations, and translations with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, word origin, and usage of catastrophe in different contexts, such as drama, geology, and mathematics.

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   noun. a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war. Synonyms: calamity, misfortune. Antonyms: triumph. any misfortune, mishap, or failure; fiasco: The play was so poor our whole evening was a catastrophe. a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end: the great catastrophe of the Old South at Appomattox.

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   A catastrophe is a disaster. If a wedding reception is disrupted by a fistfight between the bride and her new mother-in-law, you could call the occasion a catastrophe. Catastrophe comes from a Greek word meaning "overturn." It originally referred to the disastrous finish of a drama, usually a tragedy.

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   A catastrophe is a sudden event that causes many people to suffer or makes difficulties. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with synonyms, pronunciation and pictures.