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- Dictionarycatastrophe/kəˈtastrəfi/
noun
- 1. an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: "an environmental catastrophe"
- 2. the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy.
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1. : a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin. Deforestation and erosion can lead to an ecological catastrophe. 2. : utter failure : fiasco. the party was a catastrophe. 3. a. : a violent and sudden change in a feature of the earth.
CATASTROPHE definition: 1. a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction: 2. a bad situation: 3. a sudden…. Learn more.
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.
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.
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.
A catastrophe is a sudden, extensive, or notable disaster or misfortune. It can also refer to a complete failure, a final event in a drama, or a violent change in the earth's surface. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples.
an event that causes one person or a group of people to suffer, or that makes difficulties. The attempt to expand the business was a catastrophe for the firm. We've had a few catastrophes with the food for the party.
