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- DictionaryCa·tas·tro·phe/kəˈtastrəfē/
noun
- 1. an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: "a national economic catastrophe"
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.
CATASTROPHE definition: 1. a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction: 2. a bad situation: 3. a sudden…. Learn more.
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.
Catastrophe definition: a sudden and widespread disaster. See examples of CATASTROPHE used in a sentence.
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 sudden event that causes many people to suffer synonym disaster. Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe.
noun. 1. a sudden and widespread disaster. the catastrophe of war. 2. any misfortune, mishap, or failure; fiasco. The play was so poor our whole evening was a catastrophe. 3. a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end.
1. a sudden and widespread disaster. 2. any misfortune or failure; fiasco. 3. a disastrous end. 4. the point in a drama following the climax and introducing the conclusion. 5. a sudden, violent disturbance, esp. of a part of the surface of the earth.
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. cataclysmn., catastrophismn.) 1832.
Catastrophe Definition. A disastrous end, bringing overthrow or ruin. Any great and sudden calamity, disaster, or misfortune. The culminating event of a drama, esp. of a tragedy, by which the plot is resolved; denouement. A total or ignominious failure. A sudden, violent change, such as an earthquake.
