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calamity - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" |
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catastrophe,
disaster,
tragedy,
cataclysm |
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bad luck,
misfortune an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
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act of god,
force majeure,
inevitable accident,
unavoidable casualty,
vis major a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
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apocalypse a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
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famine a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
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kiss of death something that is ruinous; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career"
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meltdown a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
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plague an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
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visitation an official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"
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tidal wave a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
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tsunami a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"
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