catastrophe (noun)
61protasis — noun /ˈprɒtəsɪs/ a) the first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe. b) the… …
62Shoah — [ ʃəʊə] noun (in Jewish use) the Holocaust. Origin mod. Heb., lit. catastrophe …
63disaster — noun 1》 a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. 2》 an event or fact leading to ruin or failure. ↘informal a complete failure: my perm is a total disaster. Origin C16: from Ital. disastro ill… …
64accident — noun 1) an accident at work Syn: mishap, misadventure, unfortunate incident, mischance, misfortune, disaster, tragedy, catastrophe, calamity; technical casualty 2) she was injured in a highway accident Syn: crash …
65adversity — noun the studio made sure the public saw only the manufactured glamour and none of the real adversity of her private life Syn: misfortune, ill luck, bad luck, trouble, difficulty, hardship, distress, disaster, suffering, affliction, sorrow,… …
66calamity — noun she has survived more calamities in the past three months than most people experience in a lifetime Syn: disaster, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm, adversity, tribulation, affliction, misfortune, misadventure Ant: godsend …
67crisis — noun 1) the situation had reached a crisis Syn: critical point, turning point, crossroads, watershed, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, Rubicon, doomsday; informal crunch; Medicine climacteric See note at crucial 2) …
68debacle — noun the Watergate break in became a debacle of the highest order Syn: fiasco, failure, catastrophe, disaster, mess, ruin; downfall, collapse, defeat; informal foul up, screw up, hash, botch, washout, snafu …
69extremity — noun 1) the eastern extremity Syn: limit, end, edge, side, farthest point, boundary, border, frontier; perimeter, periphery, margin; literary bourn, marge 2) she lost feeling in her extremities Syn …
70failure — noun 1) the failure of the assassination attempt Syn: lack of success, nonfulfillment, defeat, collapse, foundering Ant: success 2) all his schemes had been a failure Syn: fiasco, debacle …
