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Catastrophe

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Noun

a sudden and widespread disaster
the catastrophe of war.
any misfortune, mishap, or failure; fiasco
The play was so poor our whole evening was a catastrophe.
a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end
the great catastrophe of the Old South at Appomattox.
(in a drama) the point at which the circumstances overcome the central motive, introducing the close or conclusion; dénouement. Compare catastasis , epitasis , protasis .
Geology . a sudden, violent disturbance, esp. of a part of the surface of the earth; cataclysm.
Also called catastrophe function. Mathematics . any of the mathematical functions that describe the discontinuities that are treated in catastrophe theory.

Antonyms

noun
benefit , blessing , favor , good fortune , good luck , happiness , miracle , success , wonder

Synonyms

noun
accident , adversity , affliction , alluvion , bad luck , bad news * , blow , calamity , casualty , cataclysm , contretemps , crash , culmination , curtains * , debacle , denouement , desolation , devastation , disaster , emergency , end , failure , fatality , fiasco , finale , grief , hardship , havoc , ill , infliction , meltdown , misadventure , mischance , misery , misfortune , mishap , reverse , scourge , stroke , termination , the worst , tragedy , trial , trouble , upshot , waterloo * , wreck , battle , catastasis , conflict , destruction , doom , holocaust

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