Synonyms for catastrophes
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1. List of paraphrases for "catastrophes":

   disasters, calamities, disaster

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1. Munich Re:

   The proportion of insured losses for catastrophes in developing and emerging countries remains very low, the insurance industry is exploring new avenues to close this gap in cover and thus to help people better cope with material losses after a catastrophe.

2. Pope Francis:

   The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world ... we need to reflect on our accountability before those who will have to endure the dire consequences.

3. Jeff Zients:

   Moving forward, we will focus on immediate and emerging domestic and global biological threats and play a critical role in stopping this pandemic and preventing future biological catastrophes.

4. Ernest Dimnet:

   The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

5. Anthony Summers:

   The fact that there have only been two big catastrophes -- one was Pearl Harbor... and the other was 9/11. They are both the same kind of stature and horror in the American memory.