What is another word for catastrophe?
2296 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kɐtˈastɹəfɪ], [ kɐtˈastɹəfɪ], [ k_ɐ_t_ˈa_s_t_ɹ_ə_f_ɪ]
Catastrophe is a term used to refer to a disaster or tragic event. However, there are many other synonyms that you can use depending on the context of your sentence. Some possible alternatives include calamity, disaster, tragedy, debacle, adversity, misfortune, and fiasco. These words may differ slightly in their meanings, but all share the common essence of something catastrophic occurring. It's important to choose the right synonym to convey the exact meaning you want to express, whether you're writing about a natural disaster, a personal tragedy, or a serious business failure. Whatever word you choose, it should accurately reflect the magnitude of the event you're describing.
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Similar words for catastrophe:
- adversity (noun)
- apocalypse (noun)
- calamity (noun)
- cataclysm (noun)
- collapse (noun)
- crisis (noun)
- damage (noun)
- distress (noun)
- doom (noun)
- end of the world (noun)
- ending (noun)
- evil (noun)
- haplessness (noun)
- hardship (noun)
- havoc (noun)
- holocaust (noun)
- injury, loss (noun)
- loss (noun)
- misadventure (noun)
- mischief (noun)
- misery (noun)
- misfortune (noun)
- misfortune/mishap (noun)
- pity (noun)
- reverse (noun)
- sorrow (noun)
- tragedy (noun)
- undoing (noun)
- unfortunateness (noun)
- unluckiness (noun)
- untowardness (noun)
- upheaval (noun)
- woe (noun)
Synonyms for Catastrophe:
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n.
• adversity- affliction ,
- agony ,
- bad luck ,
- bane ,
- blight ,
- burden ,
- contretemps ,
- curse ,
- destitution ,
- difficulty ,
- dolor ,
- grief ,
- hard times ,
- infliction ,
- mishap ,
- ordeal ,
- peril ,
- poorness ,
- poverty ,
- rainy day ,
- torment ,
- trial ,
- trouble .
- cave ins ,
- cavein ,
- caveins ,
- conk outs ,
- dis integration ,
- dis integrations ,
- dis organization ,
- dis organizations ,
- dis-integration ,
- dis-integrations ,
- dis-organization ,
- dis-organizations ,
- ruinings .
- Cross-road ,
- Exigencies ,
- big trouble ,
- cross-roads ,
- height ,
- hot potato ,
- hour of decision ,
- predicament ,
- predicaments ,
- quandary ,
- urgency .
- de cree ,
- de crees ,
- de-cree ,
- de-crees ,
- fixed futures ,
- fore ordination ,
- fore ordinations ,
- fore-ordinations ,
- foreordinations ,
- handwriting wall ,
- lap god ,
- lap gods ,
- lap of god ,
- lap of gods ,
- lap of the god ,
- lap the god ,
- lap the gods ,
- pre destination ,
- pre destinations ,
- pre determination ,
- pre determinations ,
- pre-destination ,
- pre-destinations ,
- pre-determination ,
- pre-determinations ,
- predeterminations ,
- way ball bounce ,
- way ball bounces ,
- way cookie crumble ,
- way the ball bounce ,
- way the cookie crumble .
- end of world ,
- end the world ,
- end world ,
- end-world ,
- final battlegrounds ,
- final battles ,
- showdown between good and evils ,
- showdown between good evil ,
- showdown between good evils ,
- total annihilations .
- Knaveries ,
- criminalities ,
- criminality ,
- diabolism ,
- diabolisms ,
- infamy ,
- knavery ,
- looseness ,
- obscenity ,
- sinfulness ,
- vileness .
- devilments ,
- funny businesses ,
- mis behavior ,
- mis behaviors ,
- mis chief ,
- mis chiefs ,
- mis conduct ,
- mis conducts ,
- mis doing ,
- mis doings ,
- mis-behavior ,
- mis-behaviors ,
- mis-chief ,
- mis-chiefs ,
- mis-conduct ,
- mis-conducts ,
- mis-doing ,
- mis-doings ,
- waywardnesses .
- casualities ,
- dis appointment ,
- dis appointments ,
- dis-appointment ,
- dis-appointments ,
- in conveniences ,
- in felicities ,
- in felicity ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- in-felicities ,
- in-felicity ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-fortunes ,
- stroke bad luck ,
- un pleasantness ,
- un pleasantnesses ,
- un-pleasantness ,
- un-pleasantnesses .
- grievings ,
- lamentings ,
- re morse ,
- re morses ,
- re-morse ,
- re-morses ,
- un happinesses ,
- un-happiness ,
- un-happinesses .
- bad omen ,
- bad omens ,
- de stroyer ,
- de stroyers ,
- de-stroyer ,
- de-stroyers ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graces ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graces ,
- mis calculation ,
- mis steps ,
- mis-calculation ,
- mis-calculations ,
- over throw ,
- over throws ,
- over turns ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throws ,
- over-turn ,
- sub version ,
- sub versions ,
- sub-version ,
- sub-versions ,
- un doing ,
- un doings ,
- un-doing ,
- un-doings .
- about face ,
- ex plosion ,
- ex plosions ,
- ex-plosion ,
- new ball game ,
- new ball games ,
- new ball-games ,
- new ballgames ,
- new deals ,
- out break ,
- out breaks ,
- out burst ,
- out bursts ,
- out cries ,
- out-break ,
- out-breaks ,
- out-burst ,
- out-bursts ,
- out-cries ,
- out-cry ,
- re volutions ,
- re-volution ,
- re-volutions ,
- up turns ,
- up-turn ,
- up-turns .
Other synonyms:
- Natural Disaster ,
- OOPS ,
- act of god ,
- geohazard ,
- loss ,
- own goal ,
- state of emergency ,
- violence ,
- whoops .
Other relevant words:
- abattoir ,
- about-face ,
- accidental injury ,
- accomplish ,
- accomplished fact ,
- account ,
- acerbity ,
- ache ,
- acknowledgement ,
- acknowledgment ,
- acme ,
- acquirement ,
- acquisition ,
- acrimony ,
- action at law ,
- action mechanism ,
- activeness ,
- activity ,
- address ,
- adulterate ,
- agate line ,
- agitation ,
- agree ,
- aid ,
- ail ,
- ailment ,
- aim ,
- air ,
- airless ,
- allegory ,
- alluvial deposit ,
- alluvial sediment ,
- alluvium ,
- also-ran ,
- alternate ,
- altitude ,
- ambiance ,
- ambience ,
- anathemise ,
- anathemize ,
- anatomical structure ,
- ancestry ,
- anchor ,
- annoy ,
- annoyance ,
- annul ,
- answer ,
- ape-man ,
- apogee ,
- apologue ,
- apoplexy ,
- appal ,
- appall ,
- apparent motion ,
- apparent movement ,
- appliance ,
- architectural plan ,
- arguing ,
- argumentation ,
- arrest ,
- arriver ,
- ascertain ,
- asperity ,
- assay ,
- assembly line ,
- assist ,
- assistance ,
- assistant ,
- assure ,
- atm ,
- atmospheric state ,
- attainment ,
- attaint ,
- aura ,
- avail ,
- backbone ,
- backcloth ,
- backdrop ,
- background knowledge ,
- background signal ,
- backwardness ,
- bad-tempered ,
- badgering ,
- badly ,
- badness ,
- baffle ,
- bailiwick ,
- balefulness ,
- balk ,
- ball over ,
- ball up ,
- ballgame ,
- banana peel ,
- bang ,
- bang up ,
- bank check ,
- bank line ,
- bankrupt ,
- bankruptcy ,
- bareness ,
- barge in ,
- base ,
- basel ,
- baseness ,
- bash ,
- basle ,
- battle ,
- battle of waterloo ,
- baulk ,
- bawdiness ,
- be adrift ,
- be after ,
- beauty ,
- bedamn ,
- bedevil ,
- bedevilment ,
- beelzebub ,
- befoulment ,
- belt ,
- belt down ,
- bend ,
- beset ,
- beshrew ,
- bilk ,
- billet ,
- binge ,
- bitter ,
- black ,
- black eye ,
- blaspheme ,
- blast ,
- bleakness ,
- block ,
- blockage ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- bloomer ,
- blooper ,
- blow out ,
- blow out of the water ,
- blue ,
- blueprint ,
- blunder out ,
- blurt ,
- blurt out ,
- bluster ,
- bm ,
- boast ,
- bobble ,
- bodily structure ,
- body structure ,
- bollix ,
- bollix up ,
- bollocks ,
- bollocks up ,
- bolt down ,
- bomb calorimeter ,
- bombard ,
- boner ,
- boo-boo ,
- boob ,
- boom ,
- botch ,
- botch up ,
- bother ,
- botheration ,
- bout ,
- bowel movement ,
- bowl over ,
- brag ,
- braid ,
- break ,
- break apart ,
- break down ,
- break up ,
- breathing out ,
- bribe ,
- bridle ,
- bring down ,
- bring out ,
- broke ,
- broken ,
- brokenheartedness ,
- bruise ,
- bumble ,
- bump ,
- bump off ,
- bungle ,
- burn out ,
- burst ,
- burthen ,
- business ,
- business line ,
- bust up ,
- butchery ,
- buy the farm ,
- by chance ,
- cable ,
- calamitous ,
- cam stroke ,
- campaign ,
- canker ,
- cant ,
- cant over ,
- capable ,
- capital punishment ,
- capstone ,
- care ,
- cargo ,
- cark ,
- carnage ,
- carry out ,
- carry through ,
- carrying into action ,
- carrying out ,
- case ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- catamenia ,
- catastrophe ,
- catch ,
- cause ,
- cease ,
- cephalalgia ,
- cerebrovascular accident ,
- chafe ,
- chance event ,
- change ,
- change by reversal ,
- change of mind ,
- change over ,
- channel ,
- chant ,
- characterisation ,
- charge ,
- check into ,
- check mark ,
- check off ,
- check out ,
- check over ,
- check up on ,
- check-out procedure ,
- checker ,
- checkout ,
- cheeseparing ,
- cheque ,
- chequer ,
- chevvy ,
- chevy ,
- chic ,
- chicane ,
- chicanery ,
- chichi ,
- chicness ,
- childbed ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- chit ,
- chivvy ,
- chivy ,
- choke ,
- chronicle ,
- churn up ,
- cinder ,
- circumstances ,
- circumstantially ,
- clamber ,
- clang ,
- clangor ,
- clangoring ,
- clangour ,
- clank ,
- clash ,
- climate ,
- clinker brick ,
- close down ,
- close up ,
- close-fitting ,
- closelipped ,
- closely ,
- closemouthed ,
- closing ,
- closing curtain ,
- closure ,
- coating ,
- cobbler's last ,
- coke ,
- color in ,
- coloration ,
- coloring ,
- coloring material ,
- colorise ,
- colorize ,
- colour ,
- colouration ,
- colouring ,
- colourise ,
- colourize ,
- combat injury ,
- come forth ,
- come out ,
- come together ,
- comer ,
- coming ,
- commiseration ,
- communication channel ,
- communique ,
- compassion ,
- compassionate ,
- complaint ,
- complete ,
- complex body part ,
- complicatedness ,
- composition ,
- computer architecture ,
- conception ,
- concern ,
- conclude ,
- concluding ,
- conclusiveness ,
- condemn ,
- condemnation ,
- condition ,
- condole with ,
- confinement ,
- confining ,
- confirmation ,
- conflict ,
- confused ,
- conk ,
- connive ,
- consequence ,
- consignment ,
- construction ,
- consume ,
- contain ,
- contamination ,
- contemptibility ,
- contend ,
- content ,
- contention ,
- contestation ,
- continuation ,
- contraption ,
- contrary ,
- contrast ,
- contrive ,
- control ,
- controversy ,
- convenience ,
- convolute ,
- copestone ,
- core ,
- correspond ,
- corruption ,
- countermand ,
- course ,
- cover ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- crack ,
- crack up ,
- cramp ,
- crease ,
- credit ,
- credit line ,
- criminalism ,
- criminalness ,
- crinkle ,
- crisscross ,
- croak ,
- crock up ,
- crook ,
- crossbreed ,
- crossbreeding ,
- crossing ,
- crown of thorns ,
- crucify ,
- crumble ,
- crumple ,
- crusade ,
- crush ,
- culminate ,
- cultivation ,
- culture ,
- curb ,
- curse word ,
- curve ,
- cushion ,
- cuss ,
- cut ,
- cut across ,
- cut down ,
- cut through ,
- cut-up ,
- cva ,
- daemon ,
- daimon ,
- damn ,
- dash ,
- dashing hopes ,
- day of judgment ,
- day of reckoning ,
- daze ,
- deadliness ,
- dearth ,
- death penalty ,
- debase ,
- debate ,
- deceleration ,
- decision ,
- decisiveness ,
- declaration ,
- decomposition ,
- defacement ,
- defer ,
- defilement ,
- deflower ,
- deform ,
- delay ,
- delineate ,
- delineation ,
- deluge ,
- demarcation ,
- demise ,
- demolish ,
- demolition ,
- demon ,
- demonism ,
- departure ,
- dependent ,
- depicted object ,
- depiction ,
- depot ,
- depredation ,
- depressed ,
- deprivation ,
- derangement ,
- descent ,
- describe ,
- designate ,
- designing ,
- desktop ,
- desolate ,
- despicability ,
- despicableness ,
- destine ,
- destroy ,
- detachment ,
- determination ,
- determine ,
- deterrent ,
- detriment ,
- deuce ,
- devastate ,
- developing ,
- devilry ,
- deviltry ,
- devisal ,
- devour ,
- diagonal ,
- diagram ,
- diarrhoea ,
- dickens ,
- die ,
- difficultness ,
- dig ,
- dilapidation ,
- dilemma ,
- dilute ,
- dirty word ,
- discharge ,
- discipline ,
- discolor ,
- discolour ,
- discomfit ,
- discommode ,
- discompose ,
- disconcert ,
- disfiguration ,
- disfigurement ,
- disgrace ,
- disgust ,
- dish ,
- dishonesty ,
- dishonor ,
- dishonour ,
- dislocation ,
- disoblige ,
- disorder ,
- disordered ,
- dispirited ,
- disputation ,
- disquiet ,
- disquieted ,
- dissipation ,
- dissolution ,
- distort ,
- distract ,
- distraint ,
- distressed ,
- disturb ,
- disturbance ,
- disturbed ,
- dividing line ,
- dodge ,
- dodging ,
- dolour ,
- doodad ,
- doohickey ,
- doojigger ,
- doomsday ,
- doss ,
- doss down ,
- down feather ,
- down in the mouth ,
- down pat ,
- downcast ,
- downfall ,
- downhearted ,
- downplay ,
- downward ,
- downwardly ,
- downwards ,
- drape ,
- drapery ,
- draw ,
- drift ,
- drink down ,
- drive ,
- drollery ,
- drop ,
- drop dead ,
- drop the ball ,
- drubbing ,
- drudge ,
- dun ,
- dying ,
- earthquake ,
- eat up ,
- eddy ,
- effectuate ,
- effort ,
- egress ,
- ejaculate ,
- elbow grease ,
- electric shock ,
- electric switch ,
- electrical shock ,
- electrical switch ,
- elevation ,
- emblazon ,
- emerge ,
- emergence ,
- emergency brake ,
- enactment ,
- encumbrance ,
- end up ,
- endanger ,
- endpoint ,
- endure ,
- ensue ,
- ensure ,
- envoy ,
- epilog ,
- equipment casualty ,
- equipment failure ,
- err ,
- error ,
- escape ,
- eschaton ,
- essence ,
- essential ,
- eternal rest ,
- eternal sleep ,
- evilness ,
- evolution ,
- exchange ,
- excitement ,
- excogitation ,
- excommunicate ,
- excruciate ,
- excruciation ,
- execration ,
- execute ,
- executing ,
- execution of instrument ,
- exertion ,
- exhalation ,
- exigency ,
- exiguity ,
- exit ,
- expedition ,
- expeditiousness ,
- expel ,
- expire ,
- expiry ,
- expletive ,
- exploitation ,
- expose ,
- fabrication ,
- facilitate ,
- fag ,
- fail ,
- faithful ,
- fall apart ,
- fall flat ,
- fall in ,
- fall through ,
- fatal ,
- fatal accident ,
- fateful ,
- fault ,
- feel ,
- feel for ,
- feeling ,
- fellate ,
- female chest ,
- female horse ,
- ferocity ,
- fetch up ,
- fib ,
- fiction ,
- field ,
- field of study ,
- fiend ,
- fierceness ,
- fight ,
- figure ,
- fill up ,
- fille ,
- filth ,
- final ,
- final payment ,
- finally ,
- find out ,
- fine-tune ,
- finish up ,
- finishing ,
- firmness ,
- firmness of purpose ,
- fish ,
- fit ,
- fizzle out ,
- flagellate ,
- flagellum ,
- flavor ,
- flavour ,
- flawlessness ,
- flex ,
- flip ,
- flip-flop ,
- float ,
- floating-point operation ,
- flood lamp ,
- flood tide ,
- floodlight ,
- floor ,
- flow ,
- flowage ,
- flub ,
- fluff ,
- flunk ,
- flush it ,
- foil ,
- fold ,
- force ,
- forlornness ,
- form ,
- fortuity ,
- fortune ,
- foul up ,
- foul-up ,
- founder ,
- fray ,
- freeze ,
- freight ,
- fresh start ,
- fret ,
- front ,
- frustrate ,
- frustration ,
- fuck up ,
- fucked-up ,
- fuckup ,
- fulfil ,
- fulfill ,
- fulfilment ,
- full point ,
- full stop ,
- full term ,
- fumble ,
- functioning ,
- furiousness ,
- furrow ,
- fury ,
- fuss ,
- fussy ,
- gadget ,
- gall ,
- gamboge ,
- game ,
- gas ,
- gasconade ,
- gate-crash ,
- geological period ,
- get across ,
- get at ,
- get over ,
- get the better of ,
- get to ,
- gibe ,
- girl ,
- gismo ,
- gist ,
- give ,
- give out ,
- give way ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- gizmo ,
- gloomy ,
- glorious revolution ,
- gloss ,
- glut ,
- go ,
- go bad ,
- go down ,
- go down on ,
- go forth ,
- go over ,
- go through ,
- going ,
- goof ,
- gouge ,
- government issue ,
- gravel ,
- grieve ,
- grim ,
- grimness ,
- grind ,
- gross out ,
- grouchy ,
- ground ,
- growing ,
- growth ,
- grumpy ,
- gubbins ,
- guile ,
- guinea pig ,
- gust ,
- gyration ,
- halt ,
- hand brake ,
- handicap ,
- hang-up ,
- harass ,
- harassment ,
- hard ,
- harry ,
- hassle ,
- hazard ,
- head ,
- headstone ,
- heartache ,
- heartbreak ,
- heller ,
- hellion ,
- help oneself ,
- helper ,
- hex ,
- hindrance ,
- hiss ,
- hissing ,
- history ,
- hitch ,
- hoar ,
- hoarfrost ,
- hoaxer ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- hold out ,
- hold over ,
- hold up ,
- horror ,
- hullabaloo ,
- human death ,
- humor ,
- humour ,
- hurting ,
- hybrid ,
- hybridisation ,
- hybridise ,
- hybridization ,
- hybridize ,
- hybridizing ,
- ice ,
- icing ,
- idea ,
- identification ,
- ignominy ,
- ill-tempered ,
- immorality ,
- impact ,
- impairment ,
- impediment ,
- imperil ,
- implementation ,
- importunity ,
- imposition ,
- impoverishment ,
- imprecate ,
- impression ,
- in conclusion ,
- inadvertent ,
- inauspicious ,
- incidental ,
- incidentally ,
- incommode ,
- inconvenience ,
- inconvenience oneself ,
- incumbrance ,
- indigence ,
- industrial revolution ,
- infestation ,
- inflect ,
- iniquity ,
- injure ,
- injured party ,
- innovation ,
- installment ,
- instalment ,
- instruction execution ,
- insure ,
- insurrection ,
- intent ,
- intention ,
- interbreed ,
- interbreeding ,
- interchange ,
- interest ,
- intersect ,
- intone ,
- intrigue ,
- inundate ,
- inundation ,
- invention ,
- inverse ,
- invert ,
- irritate ,
- issuance ,
- issuing ,
- itch ,
- jar ,
- jaundice ,
- jeopardise ,
- jeopardize ,
- jeopardy ,
- jibe ,
- jinx ,
- job ,
- joker ,
- jolt ,
- jounce ,
- judgment day ,
- kayo ,
- key ,
- kick the bucket ,
- kill ,
- kink ,
- knock ,
- knock back ,
- knock down ,
- knock over ,
- knottiness ,
- ko ,
- labor ,
- labour ,
- lack ,
- lade ,
- laden ,
- lading ,
- lag ,
- lament ,
- land ,
- land up ,
- lash-up ,
- last day ,
- last hurrah ,
- last judgment ,
- last-place ,
- lastly ,
- lay waste to ,
- laying waste ,
- lead ,
- lean ,
- leanness ,
- learn ,
- leave ,
- leave out ,
- legal action ,
- legal injury ,
- legend ,
- lemon tree ,
- lemon yellow ,
- letdown ,
- lethality ,
- level ,
- lewdness ,
- licentiousness ,
- licking ,
- lift ,
- linchpin ,
- line of business ,
- line of credit ,
- line of descent ,
- line of merchandise ,
- line of products ,
- line of reasoning ,
- line of work ,
- lineage ,
- literary argument ,
- litigate ,
- live ,
- live on ,
- load up ,
- loading ,
- loathsomeness ,
- lode ,
- logical argument ,
- loneliness ,
- look ,
- look into ,
- looker ,
- looseness of the bowels ,
- lose ,
- lot ,
- louse up ,
- lousiness ,
- low ,
- low-spirited ,
- lowest ,
- lucifer ,
- luck ,
- lulu ,
- lying-in ,
- lynchpin ,
- mainstay ,
- maize ,
- make out ,
- maledict ,
- malefic ,
- maleficence ,
- malevolent ,
- malign ,
- malposition ,
- mantle ,
- mantrap ,
- maria ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- mass murder ,
- mastered ,
- match ,
- matter ,
- maturation ,
- mayhem ,
- meagerness ,
- meagreness ,
- melodic line ,
- melodic phrase ,
- melodic theme ,
- melody ,
- menace ,
- menses ,
- menstruation ,
- mental retardation ,
- meridian ,
- mess up ,
- military action ,
- military issue ,
- misapprehension ,
- mischief-making ,
- miserable ,
- misfire ,
- mishandle ,
- misidentify ,
- missy ,
- misunderstanding ,
- mob ,
- modality ,
- mode ,
- moderate ,
- modishness ,
- modulate ,
- moil ,
- molest ,
- monster ,
- mop up ,
- motility ,
- motion ,
- motive ,
- mourning ,
- move ,
- mow down ,
- muck up ,
- muff ,
- murder ,
- muscle spasm ,
- musical note ,
- musical theme ,
- nail ,
- nakedness ,
- name and address ,
- nark ,
- narration ,
- narrative ,
- national ,
- natural action ,
- natural process ,
- naughtiness ,
- nauseate ,
- near ,
- necessary ,
- need ,
- nefariousness ,
- neglect ,
- nemesis ,
- net ,
- nettle ,
- news report ,
- nigh ,
- nonessential ,
- nonstarter ,
- nose candy ,
- note ,
- nuclear meltdown ,
- nuisance ,
- number ,
- oath ,
- occlusion ,
- occupation ,
- occupy ,
- oddment ,
- off ,
- offend ,
- offspring ,
- ogre ,
- old nick ,
- ominous ,
- omit ,
- ontogenesis ,
- ontogeny ,
- open ,
- operation ,
- opposite ,
- opprobrium ,
- orgasm ,
- origin ,
- outcome ,
- outlet ,
- outline ,
- outpouring ,
- outrage ,
- overcome ,
- overflow ,
- overhead ,
- overleap ,
- overlook ,
- override ,
- overrule ,
- oversupply ,
- overturned ,
- pain in the ass ,
- pain in the neck ,
- pain sensation ,
- painful sensation ,
- painfulness ,
- pall ,
- paper ,
- parable ,
- parameter ,
- parentage ,
- parking brake ,
- paroxysm ,
- partitioning ,
- parturiency ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pass completion ,
- pass over ,
- passing ,
- patch ,
- pathos ,
- pattern ,
- pauperism ,
- pauperization ,
- payload ,
- peach ,
- peak ,
- pedigree ,
- penalisation ,
- penalization ,
- penalty ,
- penny-pinching ,
- perfection ,
- period of time ,
- peripetia ,
- peripety ,
- perish ,
- permutation ,
- persistence ,
- personal credit line ,
- personal line of credit ,
- personation ,
- personnel casualty ,
- perturb ,
- perturbation ,
- pervert ,
- pest ,
- pestis ,
- peter out ,
- phase angle ,
- phone line ,
- photoflood ,
- picture ,
- pile ,
- pinch ,
- pinnacle ,
- pip ,
- pipeline ,
- pitch ,
- plaint ,
- plait ,
- plat ,
- play ,
- play down ,
- plight ,
- plot of ground ,
- plot of land ,
- point ,
- pole ,
- policy change ,
- polish ,
- polish off ,
- poop out ,
- poorly ,
- pop ,
- pop off ,
- portion ,
- portrayal ,
- postpone ,
- pour down ,
- practical joker ,
- pratfall ,
- preordination ,
- pretermit ,
- price ,
- prince of darkness ,
- proceeds ,
- process ,
- product line ,
- production line ,
- profligacy ,
- progeny ,
- program ,
- programme ,
- project ,
- prorogue ,
- prostration ,
- provoke ,
- psychic trauma ,
- public presentation ,
- publication ,
- publish ,
- puckishness ,
- puff ,
- pull ,
- pull down ,
- pure tone ,
- purpose ,
- push down ,
- put back ,
- put off ,
- put out ,
- put over ,
- putrefaction ,
- quake ,
- quality ,
- queer ,
- rabble ,
- rack ,
- rack up ,
- radical ,
- rag ,
- raid ,
- rail line ,
- railway line ,
- rake ,
- ram ,
- ramification ,
- rancor ,
- rancour ,
- ratiocination ,
- ravaging ,
- ravisher ,
- reaching ,
- realisation ,
- realization ,
- rearward ,
- rebellion ,
- red ,
- red ink ,
- refine ,
- refinement ,
- regret ,
- release ,
- remainder ,
- remit ,
- remnant ,
- remove ,
- repeal ,
- repel ,
- replacement ,
- report ,
- republic of turkey ,
- repugnance ,
- repulsion ,
- repulsiveness ,
- requirement ,
- requisite ,
- rescind ,
- resentment ,
- resoluteness ,
- resolve ,
- resolving ,
- resolving power ,
- rest ,
- resultant ,
- resultant role ,
- retard ,
- retardant ,
- retardent ,
- return ,
- revelation ,
- reverse gear ,
- reversion ,
- revoke ,
- revolutionise ,
- revolutionize ,
- reward ,
- rick ,
- right ,
- rigor ,
- rigorousness ,
- rigour ,
- rigourousness ,
- rile ,
- rime ,
- rising ,
- rising tide ,
- risk ,
- riskiness ,
- roll down ,
- root ,
- root word ,
- rootle ,
- rot ,
- rotation ,
- rotting ,
- rough sledding ,
- rout out ,
- rue ,
- ruefulness ,
- ruination ,
- ruining ,
- run ,
- run along ,
- run down ,
- run out ,
- rupture ,
- ruth ,
- saddle ,
- sadness ,
- salaciousness ,
- salacity ,
- satanism ,
- scandalise ,
- scandalize ,
- scantiness ,
- scantness ,
- scathe ,
- schema ,
- scope ,
- scotch ,
- scramble ,
- scratch ,
- screen background ,
- screw up ,
- scupper ,
- sea wrack ,
- seam ,
- secret plan ,
- secretive ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- seism ,
- seismic disturbance ,
- semblance ,
- send off ,
- sentence ,
- separation ,
- separatrix ,
- sequence ,
- serve ,
- service ,
- set up ,
- setting ,
- settlement ,
- severe ,
- severeness ,
- severity ,
- sexual climax ,
- shade ,
- shelve ,
- shift ,
- shiftiness ,
- shin ,
- shinny ,
- shipment ,
- shock absorber ,
- shoemaker's last ,
- shoot a line ,
- shoot down ,
- short letter ,
- shortage ,
- shot ,
- shove along ,
- shove off ,
- shut ,
- shut down ,
- sibilation ,
- sick ,
- sicken ,
- sin ,
- skill ,
- skin ,
- skinny ,
- skint ,
- slash ,
- slaughter ,
- slaughterhouse ,
- slay ,
- slaying ,
- sleep ,
- sliminess ,
- slip ,
- slipperiness ,
- slowdown ,
- slowing ,
- slowness ,
- smart ,
- smartness ,
- smash up ,
- smash-up ,
- smasher ,
- smashingly ,
- smell ,
- smut ,
- snag ,
- snap ,
- snow ,
- snuff it ,
- snug ,
- social movement ,
- social organization ,
- social structure ,
- social system ,
- solidus ,
- solution ,
- solvent ,
- solving ,
- sophisticate ,
- sorrowfulness ,
- span ,
- spelunk ,
- spin ,
- spirit ,
- spite ,
- spoil ,
- sprain ,
- spread-eagle ,
- spreadeagle ,
- sputter ,
- squalidness ,
- squalor ,
- squander ,
- squirm ,
- stage ,
- standard atmosphere ,
- standard pressure ,
- statement ,
- stature ,
- stay ,
- stem ,
- stemma ,
- step ,
- stinker ,
- stock ,
- stone-broke ,
- stony-broke ,
- stop ,
- stopping point ,
- storey ,
- strain ,
- strait ,
- straiten ,
- stratagem ,
- strategy ,
- strengthen ,
- stretch ,
- stretcher ,
- strike ,
- strings ,
- stroking ,
- study ,
- stuffy ,
- stunner ,
- stupor ,
- stylishness ,
- subject area ,
- subject field ,
- subjugate ,
- subnormality ,
- subscriber line ,
- subsequence ,
- subsidence ,
- substantiation ,
- substitution ,
- subversive activity ,
- subvert ,
- suck ,
- sue ,
- suffer ,
- summit ,
- superlative ,
- supply ,
- supporter ,
- surcease ,
- survive ,
- swage ,
- swamp ,
- swank ,
- swap ,
- swash ,
- swear ,
- swearing ,
- swearword ,
- sweat ,
- sweep ,
- sweetheart ,
- switch over ,
- switching ,
- swop ,
- sympathize with ,
- system ,
- tab ,
- table ,
- tack ,
- take ,
- take aback ,
- takings ,
- tale ,
- tallness ,
- tally ,
- taper off ,
- taradiddle ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tartness ,
- tax ,
- tear ,
- tectonics ,
- telephone circuit ,
- telephone line ,
- temper ,
- terminal figure ,
- terminate ,
- terms ,
- terror ,
- test ,
- the tempter ,
- thingamabob ,
- thingamajig ,
- thingmabob ,
- thingmajig ,
- thingumabob ,
- thingumajig ,
- thingummy ,
- thorniness ,
- thrashing ,
- threat ,
- threaten ,
- throw ,
- thwart ,
- thwartwise ,
- tick ,
- tick off ,
- tight ,
- tightlipped ,
- tilt ,
- timber ,
- timbre ,
- time period ,
- tincture ,
- tinge ,
- tint ,
- tip ,
- tip over ,
- tiptop ,
- toil ,
- tone of voice ,
- tone up ,
- tonicity ,
- tonus ,
- top ,
- torrent ,
- tortuousness ,
- torture ,
- toss off ,
- tough luck ,
- tout ,
- trace ,
- track ,
- trade ,
- tragedy ,
- train ,
- transmission line ,
- transposition ,
- transversal ,
- transverse ,
- traumatise ,
- traumatize ,
- traverse ,
- trend ,
- tress ,
- trial by ordeal ,
- trial run ,
- tricker ,
- trickery ,
- trickiness ,
- trickster ,
- trouble oneself ,
- trouncing ,
- tryout ,
- tumble ,
- tump over ,
- tune ,
- turbulence ,
- turmoil ,
- turn ,
- turn around ,
- turn back ,
- turn of events ,
- turn over ,
- turnabout ,
- turnaround ,
- turnover ,
- twine ,
- twirl ,
- twist around ,
- twisting ,
- ugliness ,
- unaired ,
- undermine ,
- undertaking ,
- unexpectedly ,
- unfastening ,
- unhinge ,
- unintentionally ,
- unsuccessful person ,
- untune ,
- untying ,
- uplift ,
- uprising ,
- upthrow ,
- upthrust ,
- upturned ,
- urging ,
- utmost ,
- vacate ,
- vantage ,
- vaunt ,
- vehemence ,
- verification ,
- verso ,
- vex ,
- vexation ,
- vicious ,
- virgule ,
- vividness ,
- volte-face ,
- vote down ,
- vote out ,
- vulgarism ,
- wages ,
- waggishness ,
- wail ,
- walloping ,
- warhead ,
- wash ,
- waste ,
- watch ,
- way out ,
- weakened ,
- wear ,
- wear out ,
- weight ,
- weight down ,
- whatchamacallit ,
- whatchamacallum ,
- whatsis ,
- whimsicality ,
- whip ,
- whipping ,
- whirl ,
- whole step ,
- whole tone ,
- wickedness ,
- widget ,
- wildness ,
- wile ,
- wind ,
- wind up ,
- winding ,
- wipe ,
- wipeout ,
- woefulness ,
- wonder ,
- word picture ,
- word-painting ,
- worm ,
- worried ,
- worrying ,
- wound ,
- wounded ,
- wrecking ,
- wrench ,
- wrestle ,
- wretched ,
- wretchedness ,
- wrick ,
- wriggle ,
- wrinkle ,
- writ of execution ,
- write out ,
- write up ,
- writhe ,
- wrong ,
- yield ,
- young lady ,
- young woman .
- Anagnorisis ,
- Apodosis ,
- Backset ,
- Bouleversement ,
- Calamities ,
- Ceasing ,
- Izzard ,
- Peccancy ,
- Transilience ,
- Unluckiness ,
- absolute disaster ,
- accomplishment ,
- achievement ,
- action ,
- alluvion ,
- angle ,
- anguish ,
- apocalypse ,
- architectonics ,
- architecture ,
- argument ,
- arrival ,
- atmosphere ,
- avalanche ,
- background ,
- bad fortune ,
- bad job ,
- bad news ,
- bale ,
- bitter end ,
- bitterness ,
- bloodless revolution ,
- blow ,
- blunder ,
- bomb ,
- breakdown ,
- breaking up ,
- breakup ,
- bummer ,
- bust ,
- cataclysm ,
- cave ,
- cave in ,
- cessation ,
- characterization ,
- check ,
- chore ,
- clean slate ,
- clean sweep ,
- climax ,
- clinker ,
- close ,
- clunker ,
- coda ,
- collapse ,
- collision ,
- color ,
- comedown ,
- completion ,
- complication ,
- conclusion ,
- consummation ,
- continuity ,
- contrivance ,
- convulsion ,
- coping stone ,
- counterrevolution ,
- crack of doom ,
- crack-up ,
- crash ,
- crisis ,
- cross ,
- crowning touch ,
- culmination ,
- curtain ,
- curtains ,
- danger ,
- death ,
- decease ,
- defeat ,
- denouement ,
- design ,
- desolation ,
- despatch ,
- destination ,
- destiny ,
- destruction ,
- devastation ,
- development ,
- device ,
- disappointment ,
- disease ,
- dispatch ,
- doom ,
- down ,
- dud ,
- effect ,
- emergency ,
- end ,
- end of the world ,
- end point ,
- end result ,
- ending ,
- envoi ,
- epilogue ,
- episode ,
- eschatology ,
- evil ,
- execution ,
- expiration ,
- fable ,
- failure ,
- fait accompli ,
- falling action ,
- fatality ,
- fate ,
- fiasco ,
- final result ,
- final solution ,
- final twitch ,
- final words ,
- finale ,
- finality ,
- finis ,
- finish ,
- finishing touch ,
- fizzle ,
- flop ,
- frost ,
- fulfillment ,
- gimmick ,
- goal ,
- harm ,
- havoc ,
- headache ,
- holocaust ,
- hurt ,
- ill ,
- ill hap ,
- ill luck ,
- incident ,
- injury ,
- issue ,
- keystone ,
- last ,
- last act ,
- last breath ,
- last word ,
- last words ,
- lemon ,
- line ,
- load ,
- local color ,
- loser ,
- mare ,
- meltdown ,
- mischance ,
- mischief ,
- miss ,
- missing link ,
- mistake ,
- mood ,
- motif ,
- movement ,
- mythos ,
- ne plus ultra ,
- necessity ,
- omega ,
- onus ,
- overthrow ,
- overturn ,
- pain ,
- palace revolution ,
- payoff ,
- performance ,
- period ,
- peripeteia ,
- peroration ,
- pestilence ,
- pileup ,
- plague ,
- plan ,
- plot ,
- prankster ,
- problem ,
- punishment ,
- quietus ,
- radical change ,
- rascality ,
- ravage ,
- recognition ,
- resolution ,
- result ,
- reversal ,
- reverse ,
- revolt ,
- revolution ,
- revolutionary war ,
- revulsion ,
- rising action ,
- roguery ,
- rout ,
- rub ,
- ruin ,
- scheme ,
- scourge ,
- sequel ,
- set back ,
- setback ,
- shame ,
- shenanigan ,
- shipwreck ,
- shock ,
- slant ,
- smash ,
- smashup ,
- spasm ,
- stoppage ,
- story ,
- straits ,
- stroke ,
- structure ,
- struggle ,
- subject ,
- subplot ,
- subversion ,
- suffering ,
- superstructure ,
- swan song ,
- switch ,
- tabula rasa ,
- task ,
- technological revolution ,
- term ,
- terminal ,
- termination ,
- terminus ,
- the worst ,
- theme ,
- tone ,
- topic ,
- total change ,
- total loss ,
- trauma ,
- travail ,
- turkey ,
- twist ,
- undoing ,
- upheaval ,
- upset ,
- upshot ,
- vicissitude ,
- visitation ,
- washout ,
- waterloo ,
- winding up ,
- windup ,
- worry ,
- wrack ,
- wreck .
- Fore-ordination ,
- Genocides ,
- Infelicities ,
- Waggeries ,
- adversity ,
- blue ruin ,
- calamity ,
- casuality ,
- casualty ,
- cave-in ,
- cave-ins ,
- conjuncture ,
- conjunctures ,
- conk out ,
- crackup ,
- crackups ,
- decimation ,
- devilment ,
- dirty trick ,
- disaster ,
- distress ,
- fell stroke ,
- final battle ,
- final battleground ,
- fixed future ,
- foreordination ,
- funny business ,
- handwriting on wall ,
- haplessness ,
- hard luck ,
- hard time ,
- hardshi ,
- hardship ,
- head ache ,
- holy mess ,
- impishness ,
- infelicity ,
- lamentation ,
- lap of the gods ,
- marvel ,
- massacre ,
- misadventure ,
- mischievousness ,
- misery ,
- misfortune ,
- misfortunes ,
- new ball-game ,
- new ballgame ,
- new deal ,
- over turn ,
- penury ,
- phase ,
- prankishness ,
- predestination ,
- predetermination ,
- roguishness ,
- rotten luck ,
- roughs ,
- sentences ,
- shakeout ,
- shakeouts ,
- showdown between good and evil ,
- sordidness ,
- stirrings ,
- stroke of bad luck ,
- temblor ,
- ticklish spot ,
- total annihilation ,
- tough break ,
- tribulation ,
- unfortunateness ,
- unholy mess ,
- unluck ,
- untowardness ,
- up set ,
- up turn ,
- uphill battle ,
- waggery ,
- way cookie crumbles ,
- way the ball bounces ,
- way the cookie crumbles ,
- waywardness ,
- weepings ,
- woe ,
- worst .
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How to use "Catastrophe" in context?
A catastrophe is an event that results in a great loss of life, damage to infrastructure, or widespread disruption. Catastrophes can occur in any region of the world, and can be natural disasters, man-made accidents, or strikes. In some cases, a catastrophe can be the result of a combination of factors.
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Proper noun, singular
hazards.
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Noun, singular or mass
accident, conflagration, crash, damage, devastation, earthquake, holocaust, scourge, setback, meltdown, nakba.
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Interjection
disaster.
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Proper noun, singular
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