catastrophe (noun)
21catastrophe — /kəˈtæstrəfi / (say kuh tastruhfee) noun 1. a sudden and widespread disaster. 2. a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end. 3. (in a drama) the point at which the circumstances overcome the central motive,… …
22catastrophe — /kə tæstrəfi/ noun a sudden disaster …
23catastrophe bond — /kə tæstrəfi bɒnd/ noun a bond with very high interest rate but, which may be worth less, or give a lower rate of interest, if a disaster such as an earthquake occurs …
24error catastrophe — noun The extinction of an organism (usually microorganisms) due to excessive RNA mutations …
25catastrophic — catastrophe ► NOUN ▪ an event causing great damage or suffering. DERIVATIVES catastrophic adjective. ORIGIN Greek katastroph overturning, sudden turn …
26act of God — noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God • Syn: ↑force majeure, ↑vis major, ↑inevitable accident, ↑unavoidable casualty • Hypernyms:… …
27catastasis — noun /kəˈtæstəsɪs/ In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe. , 1922, It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis,… …
28inevitable accident — noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God • Syn: ↑act of God, ↑force majeure, ↑vis major, ↑unavoidable casualty • Hypernyms: ↑calamity …
29unavoidable casualty — noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God • Syn: ↑act of God, ↑force majeure, ↑vis major, ↑inevitable accident • Hypernyms: ↑calamity …
30vis major — noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God • Syn: ↑act of God, ↑force majeure, ↑inevitable accident, ↑unavoidable casualty • Hypernyms …
