calamity (n)
catastrophe (n)
disaster (n)
tragedy (n)
cataclysm (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 11
def an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
examples the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
the earthquake was a disaster
Outgoing links
Hypernym misfortune, bad luck
Derivationally related form cataclysm → cataclysmic
Derivationally related form cataclysm → cataclysmal
Derivationally related form tragedy → tragical
Derivationally related form tragedy → tragic
Derivationally related form disaster → disastrous
Derivationally related form calamity → calamitous
Hyponym act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty; apocalypse; famine; kiss of death; meltdown; plague; visitation; tidal wave; tsunami
Incoming links
Derivationally related form cataclysmic → cataclysm
Derivationally related form cataclysmal → cataclysm
Derivationally related form disastrous → disaster
Derivationally related form calamitous → calamity
Derivationally related form tragical → tragedy
Derivationally related form tragic → tragedy
Hyponym misfortune, bad luck
Hypernym act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty; apocalypse; famine; kiss of death; meltdown; plague; visitation; tidal wave; tsunami

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