catastrophe
Example Sentences
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric has declared a state of catastrophe in two regions where deadly wildfires are raging.
From BBC
The sailor begins his tale of a catastrophe at sea: Hypnotized—as we are too—by the mariner’s “strange power of speech,” the wedding guest listens like a child.
Small-scale natural catastrophes in the U.S. are becoming costlier for insurers.
He reckons that investors do not give QBE sufficient credit for good management of its catastrophe costs.
"If there is a major humanitarian crisis, the impact, the devastation will be unstoppable... We are talking about a catastrophe that Latin America has never seen," Mauricio Jaramillo said in an interview in Bogota.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.