Catastrophe

[kə'tæstrəfɪ] or [kə'tæstrəfi]

Definition

(noun.) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface.

(noun.) 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'.

Checked by Danny--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.

(n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.

(n.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.

Editor: Rae

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Upshot, issue, consummation, conclusion, termination, denouement, FINALE, winding up, finishing stroke, final event.[2]. Calamity, disaster, misfortune, mishap, mischance.

Typed by Lesley

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Revolution, disaster, calamity, misfortune, misadventure, reverse, blow,visitation

ANT:Blessing, victory, triumph, felicitation, achievement, ovation, success,godsend

Inputed by Celia

Definition

n. an overturning: a final event: an unfortunate conclusion: a calamity.—adj. Catastroph′icns. Catas′trophism the theory in geology that accounts for 'breaks in the succession' by the hypothesis of vast catastrophes—world-wide destruction of floras and faunas and the sudden introduction or creation of new forms of life after the forces of nature had sunk into repose; Catas′trophist a holder of the foregoing as opposed to the uniformitarian theory.

Editor: Luke

Examples

Typist: Pierce

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