as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
this latest breakdown of the car is inconvenient, but not a calamity
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Recent Examples of calamity
They were also meant to come to the rescue with their largesse in the case of a public crisis or calamity.
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Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Like the tragedy of the recent California wildfires as well as so many other calamities of our time, each one impacts us all to one degree or another.
—Michael B. Teiger, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2025
Atul Gawande reports on the confusion and calamity caused by these actions.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The Ducks skirted calamity when Bryan Rust, who later exited the action due to an injury, pushed a rebound wide of an open net.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2025
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Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Like the tragedy of the recent California wildfires as well as so many other calamities of our time, each one impacts us all to one degree or another.
—Michael B. Teiger, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2025
Atul Gawande reports on the confusion and calamity caused by these actions.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The Ducks skirted calamity when Bryan Rust, who later exited the action due to an injury, pushed a rebound wide of an open net.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
Noun
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Related article What is ‘Kessler Syndrome’ — and why do some scientists think the space disaster scenario has already started?—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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But what if fossil fuel investments, which have been dragging for a decade, are headed toward disaster?—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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As the game’s writer and creative director, Druckmann was the lead architect of its astonishing story of grief and trauma amid a zombie apocalypse.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2025
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The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the first section of the book, Franklin repeatedly brings historical analysis, primary sources and Anne Frank’s writing into juxtaposition with each other in a way that both illuminates Anne Frank as an individual and the larger tragedy of the Holocaust.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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The case was the first to establish a link between toxic waste in the atmosphere and birth defects, and the show follows the story of four mothers dealing with the tragedy.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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