Supercatastrophe

Quick meaning: Supercatastrophe is a noun meaning (rare) A very severe, widespread catastrophe.

Meaning

(rare) A very severe, widespread catastrophe.

Example Sentences

Then came that supercatastrophe, that curse and blot upon civilization, the great World War.

Insurance underwriters very often take the same optimistic view as property owners and in many countries underestimate the long term annual cost for the rare supercatastrophes.

It may be a vast waterfront fire, like the Staten Island ferry terminal blaze a few years ago that consumed acres of buildings; a supercatastrophe, like the Black Tom explosion; a blazing oil tanker drifting toward a pier laden with explosives; or perhaps a helicopter pilot has dunked in the river, a boat is adrift, or someone has fallen off a ferryboat.

Word Forms

• supercatastrophes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include catastrophe, supertornado, supertempest, megadisaster, megastorm, supersurge.

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