catastrophe
- noun (n)
Meaning: calamity unhappy conclusion
Synonyms:
accident
adversity
affliction
alluvion
bad luck
bad news
blow
calamity
casualty
cataclysm
contretemps
crash
culmination
curtains
debacle
denouement
desolation
devastation
disaster
emergency
end
failure
fatality
fiasco
finale
grief
hardship
havoc
ill
infliction
meltdown
misadventure
mischance
misery
misfortune
mishap
reverse
scourge
stroke
termination
the worst
tragedy
trial
trouble
upshot
waterloo
wreck
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