Engelsk substantiv: calamity | |||
1. | calamity (om begivenhet) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity. The earthquake was a disaster. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | bad luck, misfortune | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | act of God, apocalypse, famine, force majeure, inevitable accident, kiss of death, meltdown, plague, tidal wave, tsunami, unavoidable casualty, vis major, visitation | ||