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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Definition of catastrophe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. Definitions of catastrophe. noun. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface. synonyms: cataclysm. see more. noun. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune. synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy. see more. noun. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune.

  8. noun [ C, U ] uk / kəˈtæstrəfi / us. Add to word list. an extremely bad event that causes a lot of suffering or destruction: After the drought, the country is facing environmental catastrophe. (Definition of catastrophe from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of catastrophe. in Chinese (Traditional)

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