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catastrophe

They must move fast before winter turns a disaster into a catastrophe.You genuinely want to think about how to avoid catastrophe?We thrive on ice ages and environmental catastrophes.Otherwise we face ecological catastrophe and the world will turn into grey goo.Will it find the courage for necessary change before catastrophe prevails?We all need them to avoid catastrophes of various kinds.This is what an environmental catastrophe looks like.But his computing system warned that a world catastrophe loomed and that the dollar would cease trading.They both deal with risk while hoping to avoid catastrophe.This is an environmental catastrophe going on around us.Sometimes catastrophes were only avoided by sheer luck.On his shoulders has rested responsibility for avoiding financial catastrophe.It has been the financial catastrophe to end all catastrophes and the final bill is not yet in.Does it not realise that it is making environmental catastrophes more likely with this kind of dubious affiliation?And ministers now want him to take a more direct role in fighting environmental catastrophe on the world stage.The task in this case is to save the future world from any catastrophes with their origins in the present.It is impossible for me to look at a cotton field now without seeing the environmental catastrophe that it often represents.There hadn't been any great catastrophe at home, she says.If Labour loses, it would be a political earthquake and a catastrophe for the party.Everything was heading towards this disaster, this catastrophe, really.

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catastrophe

British English: catastrophe /kəˈtæstrəfɪ/ NOUN
A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
From our point of view, war would be a catastrophe.
  • American English: catastrophe
  • Arabic: نَكْبَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: catástrofe
  • Chinese: 大灾难
  • Croatian: katastrofa
  • Czech: katastrofa
  • Danish: katastrofe
  • Dutch: catastrofe
  • European Spanish: catástrofe
  • Finnish: katastrofi
  • French: catastrophe
  • German: Katastrophe
  • Greek: καταστροφή
  • Italian: catastrofe
  • Japanese: 大災害
  • Korean: 대참사
  • Norwegian: katastrofe
  • Polish: katastrofa
  • European Portuguese: catástrofe
  • Romanian: catastrofă
  • Russian: катастрофа
  • Latin American Spanish: catástrofe
  • Swedish: katastrof
  • Thai: ความหายนะ
  • Turkish: felaket doğal afet
  • Ukrainian: катастрофа
  • Vietnamese: tai họa

All related terms of 'catastrophe'

Chinese translation of 'catastrophe'

catastrophe

(kəˈtæstrəfɪ)

n (c)

  1. 大灾(災)难(難) (dàzāinàn) (场(場), chǎng)
(noun) 
Definition
a great and sudden disaster or misfortune
The world is heading towards an environmental catastrophe.
Synonyms
disaster
the second air disaster in less than two months
tragedy
They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy.
calamity
This course of action could only end in calamity.
meltdown (informal)
cataclysm
the cataclysm that was overwhelming Europe before the Second World War
trouble
She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine.
trial
the trials of adolescence
blow
The ruling comes as a blow to environmentalists.
failure
The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it.
reverse
They have suffered a major reverse.
misfortune
He had had his full share of misfortunes.
devastation
adversity
He showed courage in adversity.
mishap
After a number of mishaps she finally managed to get back home.
affliction
Hay fever is an affliction that arrives at an early age.
whammy (informal)
bummer (slang)
mischance
By some mischance, she injured her knee again.
fiasco
The party was a bit of a fiasco.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of adversity
Definition
very difficult or hard circumstances
He showed courage in adversity.
Synonyms
hardship,
trouble,
distress,
suffering,
trial,
disaster,
reverse,
misery,
hard times,
catastrophe,
sorrow,
woe,
misfortune,
bad luck,
deep water,
calamity,
mishap,
affliction,
wretchedness,
ill-fortune,
ill-luck
in the sense of affliction
Definition
something that causes physical or mental suffering
Hay fever is an affliction that arrives at an early age.
Synonyms
misfortune,
suffering,
trouble,
trial,
disease,
pain,
distress,
grief,
misery,
plague (informal),
curse,
ordeal,
sickness,
torment,
hardship,
sorrow,
woe,
adversity,
calamity,
scourge,
tribulation,
wretchedness
in the sense of blow
Definition
a sudden setback
The ruling comes as a blow to environmentalists.
Synonyms
setback,
shock,
upset,
disaster,
reverse,
disappointment,
catastrophe,
misfortune,
jolt,
bombshell,
calamity,
affliction,
whammy (informal),
choker (informal),
sucker punch,
bummer (slang),
bolt from the blue,
comedown (informal)

Synonyms of 'catastrophe'

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