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noun
- 1. an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster: "emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity"
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Learn the meaning of calamity as a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A calamity is a disastrous event or a state of deep distress caused by major misfortune or loss.
Calamity is a noun that means a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering. Learn more about its synonyms, usage, and pronunciation with Cambridge Dictionary.
Calamity definition: a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.. See examples of CALAMITY used in a sentence.
Calamity is a noun that means a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering. Learn more about its synonyms, usage, and pronunciation with Cambridge Dictionary.
A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress. Learn the word origin, synonyms, collocations, and usage examples of calamity from Collins English Dictionary.
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.
Calamity is a noun that means an event that causes great damage to people’s lives, property, etc. See the pronunciation, synonyms, word origin and usage notes of calamity in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.