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Calamity synonyms
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disaster
(Informal) A total failure:
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  1. (Informal) A total failure:
  2. (Obsolete) An evil influence of a star or planet.
  3. An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
cataclysm
A devastating flood.
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  1. A devastating flood.
  2. A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
  3. A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust.
distress
The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain. The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain.
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  1. The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain. The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain.
  2. A state of danger or trouble; bad straits
  3. Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time:
trial
An effort or attempt:
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  1. An effort or attempt:
  2. The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof:
  3. An instance of such a proceeding:
cataclysm
A devastating flood.
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  1. A devastating flood.
  2. A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
  3. A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust.
catastrophe
The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.
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  1. The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.
  2. (Geol.) A sudden, violent change, such as an earthquake
  3. The culminating event of a drama, esp. of a tragedy, by which the plot is resolved; denouement
disaster
(Obsolete) An evil influence of a star or planet.
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  1. (Obsolete) An evil influence of a star or planet.
  2. A grave misfortune.
  3. An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
tragedy
A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life:
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  1. A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life:
  2. A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.
  3. A very sad or tragic event or sequence of events; disaster
Find another word for calamity. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for calamity, like: disaster, cataclysm, distress, trial, catastrophe, disaster, misfortune, tragedy, cataclysm, catastrophe and disaster.

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  • 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.

  • Then these two nations entered upon that long tragedy of the Hundred Years' War, a calamity absolutely immeasurable to both.

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