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- Dictionarycatastrophe/kəˈtastrəfi/
noun
- 1. an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: "an environmental catastrophe"
- 2. the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy.
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1. : a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin. Deforestation and erosion can lead to an ecological catastrophe. 2. : utter failure : fiasco. the party was a catastrophe. 3. a. : a violent and sudden change in a feature of the earth. b. : a violent usually destructive natural event (such as a supernova) 4.
a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction: They were warned of the ecological catastrophe to come. a bad situation: The emigration of scientists is a catastrophe for the country. Synonyms. calamity. cataclysm literary. crisis. disaster. emergency. tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters.
a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction: They were warned of the ecological catastrophe to come. a bad situation: The emigration of scientists is a catastrophe for the country. Synonyms. calamity. cataclysm literary. crisis. disaster. emergency. tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters.
A catastrophe is a disaster. If a wedding reception is disrupted by a fistfight between the bride and her new mother-in-law, you could call the occasion a catastrophe.
A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe. ...the economic and environmental catastrophe that the oil leak has caused. Synonyms: disaster, tragedy, calamity, meltdown [informal] More Synonyms of catastrophe.
Definition of catastrophe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. A great, often sudden calamity. 2. A complete failure; a fiasco: The food was cold, the guests quarreled—the whole dinner was a catastrophe. 3. The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot. 4. A sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a cataclysm.
Definitions of 'catastrophe' A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. [...]
CATASTROPHE definition: an extremely bad event that causes a lot of suffering or destruction: . Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of CATASTROPHE. : a terrible disaster. [count] The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe. Experts fear a humanitarian catastrophe if food isn't delivered to the refugees soon. a global/nuclear/economic catastrophe. [noncount] an area on the brink of catastrophe.
