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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 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.
noun. a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war. Synonyms: calamity, misfortune. Antonyms: triumph. any misfortune, mishap, or failure; fiasco: The play was so poor our whole evening was a catastrophe. a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end: the great catastrophe of the Old South at Appomattox.
an event that causes one person or a group of people to suffer, or that makes difficulties. The attempt to expand the business was a catastrophe for the firm. We've had a few catastrophes with the food for the party. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
CATASTROPHE definition: an extremely bad event that causes a lot of suffering or destruction: . Learn more.
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.
noun. catastrophes. A disastrous end, bringing overthrow or ruin. Webster's New World. Any great and sudden calamity, disaster, or misfortune. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The culminating event of a drama, esp. of a tragedy, by which the plot is resolved; denouement. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
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.
A sudden and violent change in the physical order of things, such as a sudden upheaval, depression, or convulsion affecting the earth's surface, and the living beings upon it, by which some have supposed that the successive geological periods were suddenly brought to an end. (Cf. cataclysm n., catastrophism n.) 1832.
