catastrophe

/kəˈtæs·trə·fi/ noun

Definition

› an extremely bad event that causes a lot of suffering or destruction: The country is facing an environmental catastrophe.

(Definition of catastrophe noun from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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