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Synonyms & Antonyms of calamity
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
- this latest breakdown of the car is inconvenient, but not a calamity
Synonyms for calamity
- apocalypse,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- debacle
- (also débâcle),
- disaster,
- tragedy
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“Calamity.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 9 December 2019.
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The first known use of calamity was in the 15th century
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