Catastrophe

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  • noun. A great, often sudden calamity.
  • noun. A complete failure; a fiasco.
  • noun. The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.
  • noun. A sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a cataclysm.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The arrangement of actions or interconnection of causes which constitutes the final event of a dramatic piece; the unfolding and winding up of the plot, clearing up difficulties, and closing the play; the dĂ©nouement.
  • noun. A notable event terminating a connected series; a finishing stroke or wind-up; specifically, an unfortunate conclusion; hence, any great calamity or disaster, especially one happening suddenly or from an irresistible cause.
  • noun. In geology, an occurrence of geological importance not in harmony with preceding events, and not the result of causes acting always in a given direction; a cataclysm.
  • noun. Synonyms Disaster, Calamity, etc. (see mis-fortune); consummation, finale.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
  • noun. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
  • noun. A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, .
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
  • noun. A disaster beyond expectations
  • noun. The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
  • noun. A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  • noun. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
  • noun. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
    • Word Usage
    "He said the protesters wanted "to undermine the existence of the State of Israel—what they call the catastrophe that needs to be corrected.""
    cross-reference
    calamity  theory of catastrophes  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adversity  hard knocks  hardship  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accident  blunder  cataclysm  collapse  conflagration  
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    Z  accident  action  anagnorisis  angle  
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