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1. • • a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.
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     CALAMITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son. Synonyms. cataclysm literary. catastrophe. crisis. disaster. emergency. tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters. accidentally on purpose idiom.

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     calamity. noun [ C ] us / kəˈlæm.ə.t̬i / uk / kəˈlæm.ə.ti /....

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     CALAMITY definicja: 1. a serious accident or bad event...

   • Calamity: Indonesian Translation

     CALAMITY translate: bencana. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Calamity: Thai Translation

     calamity translate: เหตุการณ์ที่เลวร้าย. Learn more in the...

   • Calamity: German Translation

     CALAMITY translate: das Unheil. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Portuguese Translation

     calamity translate: calamidade, calamidade. Learn more in...

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     CALAMITY translate: thiên tai. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Calamity in French

     calamity translate: calamiteux. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of CALAMITY is a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering. How to use calamity in a sentence.

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   What does the noun calamity mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun calamity . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   n. pl. ca·lam·i·ties. 1. An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster: A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region. 2. Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.

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   A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › calamityCALAMITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   calamity. noun [ C ] us / kəˈlæm.ə.t̬i / uk / kəˈlæm.ə.ti /. Add to word list. a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son. Synonyms. cataclysm literary.

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   What does calamity mean?

   • calamidade… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! CALAMITY definition: 1. a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: 2. a serious accident or bad event…. Learn more.

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   Where does the word 'calamity' come from?

   • The word 'calamity' is a borrowing from French calamité, which is the earliest known use of the noun in the Middle English period (1150—1500). The earliest evidence for this word is from 1490, in the writing of William Caxton, printer, merchant, and diplomat.

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   Is inequality a calamity?

   • Humanity being what it is, the world remains a place of suffering and calamity. In fact inequality is one of the root causes of all our major economic, ecological, social and moral calamities. My bet is that it will produce, at most, a bump on the head, not a campaign calamity.

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   Why was a calamity a component of 'bad luck'?

   • A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son. The factory closings were a calamity for the whole city. Thus, there was a component of ' bad luck ' - a ' natural calamity ' factor. Covert activities may be justified in infiltration of illegal groups or to prevent crimes or calamities.

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   How did a calamity affect a city?

   • A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son. The factory closings were a calamity for the whole city. But because the calamity is relatively recent and the subjects interviewed are so young, it's hard to equate these victims with his mother. Then, just before calamity hits, a deal is struck -- usually.

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   What calamity has been on the Earth?

   • The first calamity has been upon the earth; the second is upon the ocean. There is no greater calamity than lavish desires. So many are hungry or one blown transmission away from domestic calamity. Most everyone who witnessed the calamity will tell you it's never far from their minds, even now.

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    calamity What does calamity‎ mean? calamity (English) Origin & history From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās ("loss, damage; disaster"), from clāmāre ("to shout, proclaim, declare, cry out"). Pronunciation (Amer. Eng.) IPA: /kəˈlæməti/ Noun calamity (pl. calamities) An event resulting in great loss.