catastrophe

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune Source: wordnet

5. n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune Source: wordnet

6. n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface Source: ecdict

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