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   Ca·tas·tro·phe

   /kəˈtastrəfē/

   

   noun

   • 1. an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: "a national economic catastrophe"
   • ▪ the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘denouement’): from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē ‘overturning, sudden turn’, from kata- ‘down’ + strophē ‘turning’ (from strephein ‘to turn’).

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   Words related to catastrophe are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word catastrophe. Browse related words to learn more about word associations. On this page you'll find 142 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to catastrophe, such as: accident, adversity, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, and crash.

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   Synonyms for CATASTROPHE: disaster, apocalypse, tragedy, calamity, accident, fatality, debacle, débâcle; Antonyms of CATASTROPHE: windfall, manna, godsend, success, hit, winner, blockbuster, phenomenon

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   Need synonyms for catastrophe? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. Contexts . A great and sudden disaster or misfortune. An object, person or endeavor in a state of failure. A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.

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   Synonyms. disaster. calamity. misfortune. mishap. tragedy. affliction. scourge. cataclysm. devastation. havoc. debacle. ravage. blow. Antonyms. benefit. good fortune. boon. Synonyms for catastrophe from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc. Browse. catalogue. catapult. cataract. catastrophe.

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   Synonyms for CATASTROPHES: disasters, apocalypses, tragedies, calamities, accidents, fatalities, debacles, cataclysms; Antonyms of CATASTROPHES: windfalls, godsends, mannas, successes, winners, hits, blockbusters, phenomena

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   Catastrophe synonyms - 1 873 Words and Phrases for Catastrophe. disaster. n. # trouble. calamity. n. # misfortune , blow. misfortune. n. # evil , ill. tragedy. n. # disaster. cataclysm. n. # disaster. accident. n. # misfortune. debacle. n. # disaster. failure. n. # fiasco. fiasco. n. # failure , tragedy. adversity. n. # misfortune. mishap. n.

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   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. “lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system”. synonyms: disaster. see more. Pronunciation.