Calamity Synonyms and Antonyms

kə-lămĭ-tē
An occurrence inflicting widespread destruction and distress
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cataclysm
  2. catastrophe
  3. disaster
  4. tragedy

Calamity Sentence Examples

  • Public calamity was added to private bereavement.

  • It suffered severe calamity from an earthquake, which in 1839 destroyed the greater part of the city.

  • His death was the great calamity of Scotland, and is lamented in a famous fragment of early Scottish verse.

  • It still depends on Your Majesty to preserve humanity from the calamity of another war.

  • Let the time " (fl y; see Septuagint) " of their calamity come!

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