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How to sign: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster";
Similiar / Same: calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm
Categories: bad luck, misfortune
Within this category: act of God, apocalypse, famine, kiss of death, meltdown, plague, visitation
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: catastrophe
Categories: adversity, hardship, hard knocks
