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Meanings of
calamity
in английском
португальский
flagelo
каталонский
catàstrofe
испанский
tragedia
Back to the meaning
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
disaster
tragedy
catastrophe
cataclysm
португальский
flagelo
Synonyms
Examples for "
disaster
"
disaster
tragedy
catastrophe
cataclysm
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.
5
They will also discuss trade, food and energy security and
disaster
management.
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
.
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
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
calamity
in английском
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.
6
We await the impending
calamity
to befall Afghanistan and perhaps other countries.
7
And it represents a
calamity
far beyond the bickering of local lords.
8
He felt himself supremely helpless in the presence of the direful
calamity
.
9
The loss of the whale-boat was a
calamity
staggering in its magnitude.
10
The hussy is but too common, sir; and there is the
calamity
.
11
Something about the nature of this epidemic delayed the sense of
calamity
.
12
The utmost of their
calamity
would be better than the intolerable suspense.
13
However it appeared that some sort of
calamity
had befallen this planet.
14
Desolation is left in the city, and
calamity
shall oppress the gates.
15
I have in this, and have had in a much severer
calamity
.
16
The
calamity
in the forest had left him with no better choice.
Other examples for "calamity"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
calamity
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
great calamity
terrible calamity
national calamity
dreadful calamity
public calamity
More collocations
Translations for
calamity
португальский
flagelo
catástrofes
catástrofe
desastre
calamidade
tragédia
cataclismo
каталонский
catàstrofe
tragèdia
desastre
calamitat
cataclisme
daltabaix
испанский
tragedia
catástrofe
desastre
Calamity
through the time
Calamity
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common