Thesaurus / catastrophe
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Both are important, but the focus of this piece is preventing further catastrophe.
WANT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTIVELY? HERE’S WHERE TO DONATE YOUR MONEY.SIGAL SAMUELSEPTEMBER 17, 2020VOXThose factors have lead to a surge in trading for catastrophe bonds in the past few days, according to Artemis.
INSURERS ARE GETTING NERVOUS AS HURRICANE LAURA IS SET TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A POWERFUL CATEGORY 4 STORMJEREMY KAHNAUGUST 26, 2020FORTUNEWe’ve shown that there are lots of smart, relatively cheap things we can do now to reduce the risk of another catastrophe like this one.
TO PREVENT THE NEXT PANDEMIC, WE MIGHT NEED TO CUT DOWN FEWER TREESJONATHAN LAMBERTJULY 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe public health crisis has led to an economic catastrophe.
A MESSAGE TO OUR READERS ON NEWSROOM DIVERSITYVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJULY 15, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOOnce again the federal government is fumbling its response to a catastrophe that disproportionately affects Black people, and once again officials are using stories about looting to place the blame on Black victims of police violence.
EVERYTHING OUR EDITORS LOVED IN JUNETHE EDITORSJULY 8, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINETo others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThis may be called the first day of the revolution, although the object of the meeting was to prevent such a catastrophe.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLOn one hand is the yawning gulf of social catastrophe represented by socialism.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKTo say that the party looked aghast at this sudden catastrophe, would be to give but a feeble idea of the state of their minds.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEThe risk of such a catastrophe might perhaps be avoided, if she would consent to leave the stage and live entirely in Russia.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYWORDS RELATED TO CATASTROPHE
- big troubles
- catastrophes
- changes
- climacterics
- climaxes
- confrontations
- contingencies
- corners
- crossroads
- cruces
- crunches
- culminations
- deadlocks
- dilemmas
- dire straits
- disasters
- embarrassments
- emergencies
- entanglements
- exigencies
- extremities
- heights
- hot potatos
- hour of decisions
- imbroglios
- impasses
- junctures
- messes
- moment of truths
- necessities
- passes
- perplexities
- pickles
- pinches
- plights
- point of no returns
- predicaments
- pressures
- puzzles
- quandaries
- situations
- stews
- straits
- traumas
- trials
- troubles
- turning points
- urgencies
- big trouble
- catastrophe
- change
- climacteric
- climax
- confrontation
- contingency
- corner
- crossroad
- crunch
- crux
- culmination
- deadlock
- dilemma
- dire straits
- disaster
- embarrassment
- emergency
- entanglement
- exigency
- extremity
- height
- hot potato
- hour of decision
- imbroglio
- impasse
- juncture
- mess
- moment of truth
- necessity
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- point of no return
- predicament
- pressure
- puzzle
- quandary
- situation
- stew
- strait
- trauma
- trial
- trouble
- turning point
- urgency
- accident
- adulteration
- adversity
- affliction
- bane
- blemish
- blow
- breakage
- bruise
- casualty
- catastrophe
- cave-in
- contamination
- corruption
- debasement
- depreciation
- deprivation
- destruction
- deterioration
- detriment
- devastation
- disservice
- disturbance
- evil
- hardship
- harm
- hurt
- illness
- impairment
- infliction
- knockout
- marring
- mischief
- mishap
- mutilation
- outrage
- pollution
- reverse
- ruin
- ruining
- spoilage
- suffering
- waste
- wound
- wreckage
- wrecking
- wrong
- act of God
- adversity
- affliction
- bad luck
- bad news
- bad thing
- bale
- bane
- blight
- blow
- bust
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- collapse
- collision
- crash
- debacle
- defeat
- depression
- emergency
- exigency
- failure
- fall
- fell stroke
- fiasco
- flood
- flop
- grief
- hard luck
- harm
- hazard
- holocaust
- hot water
- ill luck
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- reverse
- rock
- rough
- ruin
- ruination
- setback
- slip
- stroke
- the worst
- tragedy
- undoing
- upset
- washout
- woe
- act of gods
- adversities
- afflictions
- bad lucks
- bad news
- bales
- banes
- blight
- blows
- busts
- calamities
- casualties
- cataclysms
- catastrophes
- collapses
- collisions
- crashes
- debacles
- defeats
- depressions
- emergencies
- exigencies
- failures
- falls
- fell strokes
- fiascoes
- floods
- flops
- griefs
- hard lucks
- harm
- hazards
- holocausts
- hot waters
- ill lucks
- misadventures
- mischances
- misfortunes
- mishaps
- reverses
- rocks
- roughs
- ruination
- ruins
- setbacks
- slips
- strokes
- the worsts
- tragedies
- undoings
- upsets
- washouts
- woes
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