n. 1 a sudden and widespread disaster; 2 something that has failed
The earthquake and the tsunami were both major catastrophes.
The earthquake and the tsunami were both major catastrophes.
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Why did the world's soothsayers (fortune tellers) tell of miracles and catastrophes as they looked at the sky when Phaeton was driving Helio's chariot?
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disaster; misfortune; calamity; fiasco
triumph
1 syllables
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