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
Levine Cava bristled, saying the only money left to fund the choppers would be the county’s emergency fund — dollars reserved for hurricanes or other calamities.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The middle class is over — there is a facade of having a normal life when everyone is one [bad break] away from financial calamity.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The waves of our joys and calamities, both collective and personal, lap on the same shore, one after another, crashing over one another without pause.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Many iPhones, Pixel, and Galaxy devices are water-resistant and can survive exposure to liquid (yes, even beer) without calamity.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The middle class is over — there is a facade of having a normal life when everyone is one [bad break] away from financial calamity.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The waves of our joys and calamities, both collective and personal, lap on the same shore, one after another, crashing over one another without pause.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Many iPhones, Pixel, and Galaxy devices are water-resistant and can survive exposure to liquid (yes, even beer) without calamity.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for calamity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
Noun
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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That question frames an episode that opens not with battle, but with the kind of stillness that comes before disaster.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Does this make Musk’s dreams of human transformation and societal apocalypse more likely to become reality?—
Sonja Fritzsche,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Dead Don't Die In Jim Jarmusch's absurdist apocalypse comedy, flesh-craving zombies raid the once-tranquil town of Centerville, picking off its residents one by one.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The statement further addressed the context of the tribute, comparing it to other moments of silence following tragedies.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Voters should be able to see, right away, who is funding their representatives, especially in the wake of tragedy.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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