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calamityca‧lam‧i‧ty /kəˈlæməti/ noun (plural calamities) [countable]   calamityOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French calamité, from Latin calamitas - Hurricane George was just the latest calamity to hit the state.
- Singh told reporters that he had not seen such human suffering in any previous natural calamity.
- The flood was a calamity from which Bangladesh has never fully recovered.
- At her readers, she throws the challenge of accepting that any friendship could survive those calamities.
- Better therefore to try to anticipate such a calamity by assuming the role of an active and vigilant peace-maker.
- Financial support in the future should be designed to support farmers when calamities occur, and not to control their lives.
- Multiple calamities had come to mind.
- No calamity in this house, eh?
- Other research demonstrated that should Canterbury Cathedral collapse in some dreadful calamity, it would actually pay the city to rebuild it.
- This, he said, although giving temporary surcease was the road to calamity.
- Yet just then, amid industrial calamity, Taylor landed his apprenticeship.
a disaster► disaster an extremely bad accident or natural event in which a lot of people are killed: · The disaster killed more than 200 people. · The crash on Monday is the latest in a long line of air disasters in West Africa.· The local people are used to coping with disaster.natural disaster (=caused by wind, rain, or other natural forces): · Natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes are common occurrences in California.· The governor said the earthquake was the worst natural disaster to hit India for over 50 years.disaster area: · The Los Alamos area was officially declared a disaster area after the forest fires there in May. ► catastrophe a terrible event that causes a lot of deaths, damage, and destruction over a wide area: · The blizzard was a catastrophe that affected 17 states, ranging from New Hampshire to Tennessee.environmental/ecological/nuclear etc catastrophe: · Scientists say the oil spill is an ecological catastrophe.· Most people now accept that global warming could result in an environmental catastrophe. ► tragedy a terrible and very sad event or situation, usually resulting in suffering or death: · Investigators still do not know what caused the tragedy, which killed all 278 people on board.· the worst tragedy in the history of space flight· Unless the world deals with the AIDS threat now, the African continent could suffer "a tragedy of historic proportions". ► calamity a terrible and unexpected event that causes great damage and loss: · Hurricane George was just the latest calamity to hit the state.· The flood was a calamity from which Bangladesh has never fully recovered.· Singh told reporters that he had not seen such human suffering in any previous natural calamity. a terrible and unexpected event that causes a lot of damage or suffering SYN disaster:  It will be a calamity for farmers if the crops fail again.—calamitous adjective |