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Catastrophe

Catastrophe Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Catastrophe? [n] an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [n] a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [n] a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Catastrophe: calamity \| cataclysm \| cataclysm \| disaster \| disaster \| tragedy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Catastrophe: accident \| action \| anagnorisis \| angle \| apodosis \| architectonics \| architecture \| argument \| atmosphere \| background \| bad luck \| bitter end \| bloodless revolution \| blow \| bouleversement \| breakdown \| breaking up \| breakup \| calamity \| casualty \| cataclysm \| cave \| cave-in \| ceasing \| cessation \| characterization \| clean slate \| clean sweep \| climax \| coda \| collapse \| collision \| color \| completion \| complication \| computer revolution \| conclusion \| consummation \| continuity \| contretemps \| contrivance \| convulsion \| counterrevolution \| crack of doom \| crack-up \| crash \| culmination \| curtain \| curtains \| death \| debacle \| decease \| denouement \| design \| destination \| destiny \| development \| device \| disaster \| doom \| effect \| end \| end point \| end result \| ending \| envoi \| epilogue \| episode \| eschatology \| expiration \| fable \| failure \| falling action \| fate \| fiasco \| final result \| final solution \| final twitch \| final words \| finale \| finality \| finis \| finish \| gimmick \| goal \| grief \| ill hap \| incident \| izzard \| last \| last act \| last breath \| last gasp \| last things \| last trumpet \| last words \| latter end \| line \| local color \| misadventure \| mischance \| misfortune \| mishap \| mood \| motif \| movement \| mythos \| nasty blow \| omega \| overthrow \| overturn \| palace revolution \| payoff \| period \| peripeteia \| peroration \| pileup \| plan \| plot \| quietus \| radical change \| recognition \| resolution \| resting place \| revolt \| revolution \| revolutionary war \| revulsion \| rising action \| scheme \| secondary plot \| shipwreck \| shock \| slant \| smash \| smashup \| spasm \| staggering blow \| stoppage \| stopping place \| story \| striking alteration \| structure \| subject \| subplot \| subversion \| swan song \| sweeping change \| switch \| tabula rasa \| technological revolution \| term \| terminal \| termination \| terminus \| thematic development \| theme \| tone \| topic \| total change \| total loss \| tragedy \| transilience \| twist \| upset \| violent change \| washout \| windup \| wrack \| wreck \| Z See Also \| act of God \| adversity \| apocalypse \| bad luck \| force majeure \| geological phenomenon \| hardship \| inevitable accident \| kiss of death \| misfortune \| plague \| unavoidable casualty \| vis major \| visitation Catastrophe In Webster's Dictionary \Catas"trophe\, n. [L. catastropha, Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + ? to turn.] 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. Burnet. 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.

Catastrophe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Catastrophe?

[n] an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
[n] a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
[n] a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

Catastrophe In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*tas"tro*phe\, n. [L. catastropha, Gr. ?, fr. ?
to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + ? to turn.]
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. Burnet.

         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.

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