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Meanings of calamity in English

Portuguese
flagelo
Catalan
catàstrofe
Spanish
tragedia
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An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.

        flagelo
        Usage of calamity in English
        1
        Drugs and drug-related violence are major contributors to this calamity, of course.
        The new yorker
        2
        The downfall of two peoples follows in the train of personal calamity.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
        3
        But this is a calamity Of course, no such choice is available.
        The Guardian
        4
        Given the potential for another calamity, direct intervention should be an option.
        The Guardian
        5
        The calamity howler is found in the midst of peace and plenty.
        Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
        6
        We await the impending calamity to befall Afghanistan and perhaps other countries.
        The Irish Times
        7
        And it represents a calamity far beyond the bickering of local lords.
        News.com.au
        8
        He felt himself supremely helpless in the presence of the direful calamity.
        Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes
        9
        The loss of the whale-boat was a calamity staggering in its magnitude.
        Where the Sun Swings North
        10
        The hussy is but too common, sir; and there is the calamity.
        The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
        11
        Something about the nature of this epidemic delayed the sense of calamity.
        The new yorker
        12
        The utmost of their calamity would be better than the intolerable suspense.
        Remember the Alamo
        13
        However it appeared that some sort of calamity had befallen this planet.
        The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
        14
        Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
        15
        I have in this, and have had in a much severer calamity.
        Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1
        16
        The calamity in the forest had left him with no better choice.
        Hood
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        Calamity through the time
        Calamity across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        Ireland
        Less common
        United States of America
        Less common