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English noun: calamity

1. calamity (event) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune


SamplesThe whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity.
The earthquake was a disaster.


Synonymscataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy


Broader (hypernym)bad luck, misfortune


Narrower (hyponym)act of God, apocalypse, famine, force majeure, inevitable accident, kiss of death, meltdown, plague, tidal wave, tsunami, unavoidable casualty, vis major, visitation









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