as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
this latest breakdown of the car is inconvenient, but not a calamity
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Recent Examples of calamity
But the alternative is much worse: a world where the loss of innocent life is treated as inescapable, where no calamity can be prevented or bad situation reformed.
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
In this way, insuring a large number of independent risks protects the insurer against financial calamity, because the insurer can accurately predict losses for the group as a whole, and set premiums accordingly.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
One of those looking for answers is Austin resident Lisa Miller, whose daughters Eliza, 14, Genevieve, 12, and Birdie, 9, were attending Camp Mystic, perched beside the Guadalupe River in Hunt, when calamity struck on the Fourth of July.
—Janelle Griffith, People.com, 15 July 2025
The schedule allows little room for travel calamity with one off day between Game 4 in Sunrise and Game 5 in Edmonton.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
In this way, insuring a large number of independent risks protects the insurer against financial calamity, because the insurer can accurately predict losses for the group as a whole, and set premiums accordingly.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
One of those looking for answers is Austin resident Lisa Miller, whose daughters Eliza, 14, Genevieve, 12, and Birdie, 9, were attending Camp Mystic, perched beside the Guadalupe River in Hunt, when calamity struck on the Fourth of July.
—Janelle Griffith, People.com, 15 July 2025
The schedule allows little room for travel calamity with one off day between Game 4 in Sunrise and Game 5 in Edmonton.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
Noun
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The assessment will inform a potential request by Gov. Tony Evers for a presidential disaster declaration, which would unlock federal aid.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Federal and state agencies have said little on whether immigration enforcement would be suspended in a disaster.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Masochism and apocalypse are deeply interconnected for me, their common denominator anxiety.—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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At an Edinburgh International Film Festival event on Monday, DaCosta said fans of the zombie apocalypse franchise will be seeing more of Spike’s story and Jack O’Connell’s character in her movie, set for a January 2026 release.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Most tragedies involving missing hikers are preventable, one expert says.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
23 Aug. 2025
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However, in posts on the private Facebook page Lake Country 411, family members and friends were among those commenting on the tragedy, especially in relation to a GoFundMe account set up in early June to help Whitney Decker pay for funeral costs and other financial burdens.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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