Catastrophe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈtæstɹəfi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Catastrophe is a noun meaning Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
Meaning
Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
More Meanings
- (insurance) A disaster beyond expectations.
- (narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.
- (mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.
Example Sentences
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophe.
Between these high lights accumulated disaster, social catastrophe.
Am I not a man? And is a man not stupid? I'm a man, so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe.
Pat : he comes like the Cataſtrophe of the old Comedie : my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a ſighe like Tom o’ Bedlam.
Word Forms
- catastrophes
Synonyms for catastrophe
Depending on context, synonyms include calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disaster, cataclysm, calamity, tragedy, devastation, havoc.
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