as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
this latest breakdown of the car is inconvenient, but not a calamity
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Recent Examples of calamity
Then twin calamities struck: The price of silver slumped, and the mines flooded with groundwater when miners hit the aquifer.
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Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Residents of the region have long sought resolutions and recourse to this toxic calamity, especially after the EPA’s risk assessment tools underscored the links between nearby chemical exposure and poor health outcomes.
—Henna Hundal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Take your pick which Signal group chat calamity is worse for the Trump administration.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
The production itself had one calamity after another.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Residents of the region have long sought resolutions and recourse to this toxic calamity, especially after the EPA’s risk assessment tools underscored the links between nearby chemical exposure and poor health outcomes.
—Henna Hundal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Take your pick which Signal group chat calamity is worse for the Trump administration.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
The production itself had one calamity after another.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
Noun
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States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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Melissa Bumstead, an environmental advocate and San Fernando Valley resident, urged the Board of Environmental Safety to consider factoring disaster debris into the hazardous waste plan.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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That was just one of the invigorating new ideas Danny Boyle brought to the zombie apocalypse genre with 28 Days Later in 2002.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Time,
16 May 2025
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Attendees were angry about potential automation, copyright infringement, affronts to human dignity, and a robot apocalypse.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Fortunately, our plants send out signals long before this tragedy occurs.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
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Two weeks ago, the tragedy in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of Indian tourists sparked rightful outrage.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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