Synonyms for catastrophe
kəˈtæs trə ficatas·tro·phe

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1. catastrophe

   A cataclysm or catastrophe is some great convulsion or momentous event that may or may not be a cause of misery to man. In calamity, or disaster, the thought of human suffering is always present. It has been held by many geologists that numerous catastrophes or cataclysms antedated the existence of man. In literature, the final event of a drama is the catastrophe, or denouement. Misfortune ordinarily suggests less of suddenness and violence than calamity or disaster, and is especially applied to that which is lingering or enduring in its effects. In history, the end of every great war or the fall of a nation is a catastrophe, tho it may not be a calamity. Yet such an event, if not a calamity to the race, will always involve much individual disaster and misfortune. Pestilence is a calamity; a defeat in battle, a shipwreck, or a failure in business is a disaster; sickness or loss of property is a misfortune; failure to meet a friend is a mischance; the breaking of a teacup is a mishap.

   Synonyms:
   calamity, cataclysm, denouement, disaster, mischance, misfortune, mishap, sequel

   Antonyms:
   benefit, blessing, boon, comfort, favor, help, pleasure, privilege, prosperity, success

   Preposition:
   The catastrophe of a play; of a siege; rarely, to a person, etc.

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1. catastrophe

   Synonyms:
   revolution, disaster, calamity, misfortune, misadventure, reverse, blow, visitation

   Antonyms:
   blessing, victory, triumph, felicitation, achievement, ovation, success, godsend

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1. calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysmnoun

   an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

   "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

   Synonyms:
   disaster, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm

2. catastrophe, disasternoun

   a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

   "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

   Synonyms:
   disaster, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm

3. catastrophe, cataclysmnoun

   a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

   Synonyms:
   disaster, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm

Matched Categories

1. • Adversity
   • Geological Phenomenon
   • Misfortune

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1. catastrophenoun

   Synonyms:
   upshot, issue, consummation, conclusion, termination, denouement, FINALE, winding up, finishing stroke, final event

2. catastrophenoun

   Synonyms:
   CALAMITY, disaster, misfortune, mishap, mischance

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1. catastrophenoun

   Synonyms:
   disaster, calamity

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1. List of paraphrases for "catastrophe":

   disaster, calamity, disasters, tragedy, nakba

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1. Saugat Poudyal:

   It's been sleepless nights for the last seven days... I've hardly slept for two hours, i think the global community needs to step forward from now on. It's the lack of oxygen that's going to bring about a huge catastrophe here.

2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy:

   All entries and exits from the city of Mariupol are blocked, the port is mined. A humanitarian catastrophe inside the city is unequivocal, because it is impossible to go there with food, medicine and water.

3. Douglas Rodrigues:

   The situation in Javari Valley is critical, we are preparing for a catastrophe.

4. Ronen Ziv:

   If anything else happens, it could very quickly go to absolute catastrophe.

5. Yorli Correa:

   They should at least raise the ticket price to pay for maintenance, at rush hour at 7 or 8 a.m. and in the afternoon it is a catastrophe.