Thesaurus: catastrophe

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1. n. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
2. n. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
3. n. A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.
4. n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
5. n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
6. n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
7. 1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune. The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London. Bp. Buret. The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw. Woodward. 2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy. 3. (Geol.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.
8. A violent and widely extended change in the surface of theearth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected byinternal causes. Whewell.
9. n:100 n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface