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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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   • 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. Catastrophe comes from a Greek word meaning "overturn." It originally referred to the disastrous finish of a drama, usually a tragedy.

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   a sudden violent change in the earth's surface. synonyms: cataclysm. see more. a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish.

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    Synonyms for CATASTROPHIC: disastrous, fatal, unfortunate, cataclysmic, destructive, calamitous, ruinous, fateful; Antonyms of CATASTROPHIC: fortuitous, happy, fortunate, lucky, providential, fluky, promising, flukey.