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Definition of calamity in English: calamitynounPlural calamities kəˈlamɪtikəˈlæmədi An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster. emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity mass noun the journey had led to calamity and ruin Example sentencesExamples - In the face of this calamity, the puzzle remains why so many settlers moved to a place that turned out to be so inhospitable.
- Which devastating calamity is to come our way, hyperinflation or collapsing deflation?
- Plan for stress, say the experts, just like you plan ahead for any calamity you want to avoid.
- To the extent that the pessimism is based on fears of an election day terrorist calamity, it's hard to argue with.
- What new calamity could be taking shape in the odd disasters of recent weeks?
- Nearly every calamity and malady known to humankind has a saint to look after it.
- Speaking of the next step, for families who have lost someone in this calamity, what's the next step for them?
- The skipper was experienced and had faced worse seas before and so sudden was the calamity which overwhelmed him that he was unable to send out a Mayday call.
- It wasn't long before an even greater calamity than sea sickness set upon them.
- Earth was among the many planets destroyed in this calamity, and many humans were lost also.
- There were those indeed who believed this calamity marked the end of the world.
- Before the oil well calamity, villagers there led a peaceful life, getting along with each other in harmony.
- It has shown its capacity to plan ahead and be ever ready for any calamity or disaster that may beset the country.
- The liberation brought fresh calamity and distress for those Jews who had survived the Holocaust.
- The areas that were most damaged by the calamity is certainly back on its feet.
- After unloading, I decided it would be prudent to park in the lot rather than risk further calamity.
- One morning's natural calamity has delivered tens of thousands of new victims.
- The worst economic calamity to befall a family, and especially women and children, is divorce.
- Yes, this country could be devastated by terrorism, or a meteor strike, or some economic calamity.
- Whenever any calamity, disaster or accident occurs, their team arrives there as volunteers for relief work.
Synonyms disaster, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm, devastating blow, crisis, adversity, blight, tribulation, woe, affliction, evil misfortune, misadventure, accident, stroke of bad luck, reverse of fortune, setback, mischance, mishap British informal car crash archaic bale Scottish archaic mishanter
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'disaster and distress'): from Old French calamite, from Latin calamitas. This is from Old French calamite, from Latin calamitas ‘damage’, ‘disaster’, ‘adversity’. Latin writers thought this was from calamus ‘straw, corn stalk’ linked to damage to crops by bad weather, but this is doubtful.
Definition of calamity in US English: calamitynounkəˈlamədēkəˈlæmədi An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster. the journey had led to calamity and ruin the fire was the latest calamity to strike the area Example sentencesExamples - Whenever any calamity, disaster or accident occurs, their team arrives there as volunteers for relief work.
- The areas that were most damaged by the calamity is certainly back on its feet.
- The liberation brought fresh calamity and distress for those Jews who had survived the Holocaust.
- Nearly every calamity and malady known to humankind has a saint to look after it.
- Plan for stress, say the experts, just like you plan ahead for any calamity you want to avoid.
- Speaking of the next step, for families who have lost someone in this calamity, what's the next step for them?
- In the face of this calamity, the puzzle remains why so many settlers moved to a place that turned out to be so inhospitable.
- There were those indeed who believed this calamity marked the end of the world.
- It wasn't long before an even greater calamity than sea sickness set upon them.
- What new calamity could be taking shape in the odd disasters of recent weeks?
- It has shown its capacity to plan ahead and be ever ready for any calamity or disaster that may beset the country.
- Earth was among the many planets destroyed in this calamity, and many humans were lost also.
- Before the oil well calamity, villagers there led a peaceful life, getting along with each other in harmony.
- After unloading, I decided it would be prudent to park in the lot rather than risk further calamity.
- To the extent that the pessimism is based on fears of an election day terrorist calamity, it's hard to argue with.
- The worst economic calamity to befall a family, and especially women and children, is divorce.
- Yes, this country could be devastated by terrorism, or a meteor strike, or some economic calamity.
- Which devastating calamity is to come our way, hyperinflation or collapsing deflation?
- One morning's natural calamity has delivered tens of thousands of new victims.
- The skipper was experienced and had faced worse seas before and so sudden was the calamity which overwhelmed him that he was unable to send out a Mayday call.
Synonyms disaster, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm, devastating blow, crisis, adversity, blight, tribulation, woe, affliction, evil
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘disaster and distress’): from Old French calamite, from Latin calamitas. |