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Meanings of tragedy in English
Synonyms
Examples for "disaster"
Examples for "disaster"
1
Rick Snyder could have allowed this public health disaster to ever happen.
2
Hunger in Niger is the result not of war or natural disaster.
3
Data enables an informed debate about risks, disaster planning and budget priorities.
4
She said disaster relief efforts were in progress in all affected areas.
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They will also discuss trade, food and energy security and disaster management.
1
Which Booker-winning or shortlisted novelist suffered political catastrophe this year, and where?
2
It's not great either, but it's far from an entirely cringe-worthy catastrophe.
3
Such was the general situation last Monday night, when the catastrophe occurred.
4
The overseas market saved Cruise's excellent Edge of Tomorrow from financial catastrophe.
5
How can such a minor thing result in such a major catastrophe?
1
Drugs and drug-related violence are major contributors to this calamity, of course.
2
The downfall of two peoples follows in the train of personal calamity.
3
But this is a calamity Of course, no such choice is available.
4
Given the potential for another calamity, direct intervention should be an option.
5
The calamity howler is found in the midst of peace and plenty.
1
The dinner party lasted some considerable time; then the inevitable cataclysm occurred.
2
And they had been but the first warning impacts of universal cataclysm.
3
The cataclysm erupted when Andropov wanted another roll call, a security check.
4
We know that an unprecedented economic cataclysm has rippled across the globe.
5
This flood is represented as the last cataclysm that devastates the earth.
Usage of tragedy in English
1
The rest is history; 40 million album sales and, of course, tragedy.
2
Investigations continue to identify & prosecute this great tragedy & unforgivable mistake.
3
She said changes had been made as a result of the tragedy.
4
It was the second maratime tragedy to befall his family this year.
5
He obtained this ring at great cost and, I believe, personal tragedy.
6
This is the second tragedy for the lawmaker's family in recent months.
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Meanwhile, a South African government politician weighed into the tragedy on Tuesday.
8
The tragedy is that there is nothing unavoidable about Europe's unemployment crisis.
9
Does history repeat itself, first as tragedy, the second time as farce?
10
The ambition of those heady days had ended in tragedy, of course.
11
Harrow could believe that; anyone who'd been through a similar tragedy could.
12
My generation has been cast as lead players in a major tragedy.
13
However, we perhaps had our own brush with a national tragedy, here.
14
The UK lost more than 100 soldiers, each one a personal tragedy.
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That tragedy sparked national outrage and proposed gun control legislation in Washington.
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This is a human tragedy that requires a determined collective political response.
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Russian
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