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

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   calamity. noun. /kəˈlæməti/. /kəˈlæməti/. [countable, uncountable] (plural calamities) an event that causes great damage to people’s lives, property, etc. synonym disaster. The country suffered a series of calamities during the 1980s.

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   noun. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune. “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity ”. synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy. see more. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events.

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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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   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.

   calamity, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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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.

   CALAMITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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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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   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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   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.