catastrophic
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The result of this miscalculation may very well be catastrophic.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
“If you are a major agricultural producer, then you have a vested interest, as does your insurer, to make sure that you don’t have catastrophic floods,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
On Friday, the UN's refugee agency warned that Lebanon was facing a worsening humanitarian crisis that could become catastrophic, with more than one million people now displaced.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
And economic research indicates catastrophic job loss like the kind Holland feared happens at an industry level, not as a broader, economy-wide effect.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
On the one hand conservationists and many wildlife biologists assert that the losses have been severe and in some cases even catastrophic.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing catastrophic
Break It Down: Cata
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Vocabulary from the Second Presidential Debate: October 9, 2016
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