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Word entry · 11 letters

catastrophe

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"Major calamity"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /kəˈtæstɹəfi/Part of speech nounSorted aacehoprsttStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (CATASTROPHE).

Definitions

  1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Word origin

From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “to overturn”), from κατά (katá, “down, against”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

Used in a sentence

  • The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophe.
  • Between these high lights accumulated disaster, social catastrophe.
  • Am I not a man? And is a man not stupid? I'm a man, so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe.

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