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
Fielder believes that role-playing exercises could improve air traffic control and help prevent calamities.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
And Tim’s ongoing legal calamity eventually collides with Gaitok’s attempt to prove himself in the aftermath of the robbery.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
The next afternoon, a local National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist explained to me how agency staffers warned of just such calamities.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
Although appetites for visions of collision and calamity remained healthy beyond, the prospect of cometary catastrophe became derided in the annals of serious science.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
And Tim’s ongoing legal calamity eventually collides with Gaitok’s attempt to prove himself in the aftermath of the robbery.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
The next afternoon, a local National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist explained to me how agency staffers warned of just such calamities.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
Although appetites for visions of collision and calamity remained healthy beyond, the prospect of cometary catastrophe became derided in the annals of serious science.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
Noun
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Last month, the EU Commission urged its 450 million citizens to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours in the event of emergencies like cyberattacks, climate disasters, disease and also geopolitical conflicts.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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The disaster led to passage of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act, which in turn added the miners' surveillance program under the respiratory health division at NIOSH.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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The exquisite adaptation of the popular video game delivered a stunning first season in early 2023 that reanimated the zombie apocalypse genre.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Bondsman never seems to know quite how seriously to take the state of Hub’s soul, or the looming possibility of apocalypse, or all the many, many deaths along the way.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2025
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These events devastate local communities not just as the tragedy unfolds but in its aftermath.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Instagram comment sections are flooded with hearts and flowers; the media memorializes a tragedy.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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