Catastrophe - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune (syn: disaster)
Extra examples
The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe.
Experts fear a humanitarian catastrophe if food isn't delivered to the refugees soon.
An area on the brink of catastrophe
The fire was a catastrophe to everyone.
The Black Sea is facing ecological catastrophe as a result of pollution.
Sudan requires food immediately to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.
If the contract is cancelled, it'll be a catastrophe for everyone concerned.
The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences.
...after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service...
...rescue workers who outface the daily threat of catastrophe...
It rattled me to realize how close we had been to a real catastrophe.
The realization that a catastrophe could occur at any time sobered them up.
Scientists are warning that unless carbon emissions are cut, we could be heading for an environmental catastrophe.
Most governments know that we're heading for an environmental catastrophe but they shut their eyes to it.
The first monitions of the impending catastrophe occurred in 63 AD.
Word forms
singular: catastrophe
plural: catastrophes
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