catastrophe
Example Sentences
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Despite some progress, homelessness is still a public catastrophe, and gravely ill people are a haunting representation of policy failures.
From Los Angeles Times
He concludes: “We face a global environmental catastrophe.”
"The problem is it's a catastrophe that could've been avoided," says the dejected dairy farmer who has been in the business for 44 years.
From BBC
If the policy fight to ensure local security arrangements had succeeded, these catastrophes most likely would have been avoided—as they can be avoided now.
"For the Russians, this is not just a problem, it is a catastrophe," said Beskrestnov.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
