Catastrophic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌkætəˈstrɑːfɪk|
Brit.
|kætəˈstrɒfɪk|
adjective
- extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin (syn: ruinous)
a catastrophic depression
catastrophic illness
catastrophic illness
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 catastrophic deformation of the steel girders under the enormous weight of the bridge...
...a moderate tremor that some seismologists have interpreted as a premonitory sign of the catastrophic quake that is inevitable...
The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences.
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