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synonyms for catastrophe
- accident
- adversity
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- crash
- debacle
- devastation
- disaster
- emergency
- failure
- fiasco
- hardship
- meltdown
- misery
- mishap
- tragedy
- trouble
- wreck
- affliction
- alluvion
- blow
- contretemps
- culmination
- curtains
- denouement
- desolation
- end
- fatality
- finale
- grief
- havoc
- ill
- infliction
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- reverse
- scourge
- stroke
- termination
- trial
- upshot
- waterloo
- bad luck
- bad news
- bad thing
- the worst
See also synonyms for: catastrophalcatastrophic
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How to use catastrophe in a sentence
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 Samuel | September 17, 2020 | VoxThose 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 storm | Jeremy Kahn | August 26, 2020 | FortuneWe’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 trees | Jonathan Lambert | July 23, 2020 | Science News
The public health crisis has led to an economic catastrophe.
A Message to Our Readers on Newsroom Diversity | Voice of San Diego | July 15, 2020 | Voice 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.
The director left then; he could see the impending catastrophe.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 1986 Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to be the greatest nuclear catastrophe in world history.
Chernobyl Drones, Star Wars and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn turn, this economic catastrophe subsequently led to the rise of the Nazi party.
But a Western policy that is blind to the urgent need for reform and justice is certain to end in catastrophe.
Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea | Bruce Riedel | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is a critical system that leaves you one failure away from catastrophe, as in this case.
To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen 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 Chronology | Joel MunsellOn one hand is the yawning gulf of social catastrophe represented by socialism.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen 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 Sands | R.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 Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
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