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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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   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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   CALAMITY meaning: 1. a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: 2. a serious accident or bad event…. Learn more.

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   Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war.

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   2 meanings: 1. a disaster or misfortune, esp one causing extreme havoc, distress, or misery 2. a state or feeling of deep.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is Calamity noun?

   • Definition of calamity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary an event that causes great damage to people’s lives, property, etc. synonym disaster The country suffered a series of calamities during the 1980s. His financial help saved the magazine from total calamity. Definition of calamity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   How do you use calamity in a sentence?

   • Accessed 12 Nov. 2024. loading examples... Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement. Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war.

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   What is an example of calamity?

   • Legend: Calamity ensues when a dim-witted lad tries to hoist a barrel of bricks to the top of a building. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1997] This man was in an accident (work accident, not car accident), so he filled out an insurance claim. The insurance company contacted him and asked for more information. This was his response:

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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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   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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   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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