catastrophe
Example Sentences
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Iraq descended into a bloody catastrophe after the US invasion in 2003.
From BBC
It’s a delicate harbinger of the great catastrophe to come.
“Goodbye June” is far from a catastrophe, but it’s perhaps a greater sin that the film would be far more interesting if it were.
From Salon
The U.S. solar energy transition could slow if the supply of Chinese-made solar panels were suddenly cut off, for instance, but that wouldn’t be an immediate national-security catastrophe.
Scientists link the catastrophe to intense greenhouse conditions, oxygen loss in the oceans, widespread acidification, and massive volcanic eruptions tied to the breakup of the ancient Pangaean supercontinent.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
