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as in disastrous
bringing about ruin or misfortune
a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business
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as in devastating
causing or tending to cause destruction
a calamitous flood that destroyed the town's central business district
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Recent Examples of calamitous
Already trailing Porto by five points in the league, albeit with a game in hand, on Tuesday Benfica began their Champions League campaign with a calamitous 3-2 defeat at home to Qarabag.
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Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
His coastal senate district includes Pacific Palisades, one of the Los Angeles neighborhoods that burned in the calamitous January wildfires.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
After his calamitous first inning, Warren did not allow another run through the end of the fifth.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Call it a valiant, optimistic, perhaps even a calamitous misreading.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
His coastal senate district includes Pacific Palisades, one of the Los Angeles neighborhoods that burned in the calamitous January wildfires.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
After his calamitous first inning, Warren did not allow another run through the end of the fifth.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Call it a valiant, optimistic, perhaps even a calamitous misreading.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for calamitous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamitous
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Having Bregman was and is still important, but losing Devers for a disastrous package of four players (with one prospect, James Tibbs III, already traded in a separate deadline deal) cannot be followed up by then letting Bregman walk in the winter.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Gase was fired after a disastrous 2020 season.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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At its beating heart is a devastating brother-sister story about generational trauma and teenage growing pains.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns racked up two sacks in the team’s devastating loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday and expressed his frustrations with the play-calling at the end of the game.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The illness is rarely fatal, and most patients recover within a week, though some may experience persistent joint pain, authorities continued.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Early intervention While uterine cancer can be fatal, an early diagnosis means potentially faster treatment and better outcomes.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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This is unfortunate, because part of what makes Moose Jaw historically significant is that the opposite of what is claimed at the Tunnels is true.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Oct. 2025
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This current injury sounds like something that is a result of something unfortunate away from the game, which is why everyone is being so cryptic.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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Feral pigs have earned a reputation as one of the nation’s most destructive invasive species.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Hawke sells all of Hart’s delusions, destructive impulses, and high-velocity downward spirals with an energy that keeps this bitchy, old-school collection of bon mots and screwball bickering moving along nicely.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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Mineral wealth such as gold offers one solution—though diverting labor and resources from more sustainable industries could prove catastrophic if prices suddenly drop.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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This event might have been quick and catastrophic, causing a misalignment of the protoplanetary disk with the star.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Calamitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamitous. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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