catastrophe

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(noun.)

ADJ

absolute, big, complete, great, major, terrible, total | minor | national | global, international, world | ecological, economic, environmental, natural, nuclear

VERB + CATASTROPHE

cause, lead (sth) to

Ignoring the warning signs caused a financial catastrophe for the company.

have

The company had a catastrophe when their main computer system crashed last week.

be faced with, be heading for, face

After months of poor decisions, the company was headed for financial catastrophe.

avert, avoid, head off, prevent

The government took emergency measures to prevent an environmental catastrophe.

CATASTROPHE + VERB

happen, occur, take place

Definitions

noun

1

Any large and disastrous event of great significance.

The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophe.

Last night, after the brief sitting of the House of Lords, and before catastrophe befell the Government in the Commons, I had a long chat with the Premier, in which he discussed the Home Rule question and his relations with it in perfectly frank manner.

2

A disaster beyond expectations.

3

The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.

Pat : he comes like the Cataſtrophe of the old Comedie : my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a ſighe like Tom o’ Bedlam.

4

A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

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noun — an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

noun — a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

cataclysm

noun — a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortun

disaster

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The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophe.

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Last night, after the brief sitting of the House of Lords, and before catastrophe befell the Government in the Commons, I had a long chat with the Premier, in which he discussed the Home Rule question

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Between these high lights accumulated disaster, social catastrophe.

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Few passengers survived the catastrophe.

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05

Unfortunately, few passengers survived the catastrophe.

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The catastrophe also claimed victims' lives.

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