deathblows

noun

plural of deathblow
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as in confutations

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as in calamities

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  1. calamities
  2. disasters
  3. tragedies
  4. catastrophes
  5. casualties
  6. accidents
  7. cataclysms
  8. croppers
Noun
  • There have been few comments about improvements or calamities, other than the usual notes that battery life was reduced immediately after installation, which is commonplace.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • To grade the 50 states and the District of Columbia on their relative natural disaster risks, five measures were developed that account for the frequency and damage of calamities, weighted against population and geographic size.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026
Definition of calamities
Noun
  • Modern networks are more resilient in disasters, an AT&T spokesman said, because they can be restored faster and are less vulnerable to damage and copper theft.
    — Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Years of red tape and outdated regulations have limited new construction, and left housing in complex environments like Florida vulnerable to natural and economic disasters.
    — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of disasters
Noun
  • Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic Hope, said that the shootings in Compton were tragedies that could have been prevented and that there were questions about whether the city and the Sheriff’s Department could have done more to keep people safe.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Deadly boating tragedies are common in the central African country, where late-night travels and overcrowded vessels are often blamed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of tragedies
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  • Prominent voices fear that the end result of the transformative technology is a job bloodbath and national security catastrophes, while others believe a new era of productivity is ready to be unlocked, with society living longer and healthier lives.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Healthcare registers the effects of climate catastrophes, ecosystem failures and food shortages that also fuel political and social crises.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of catastrophes
Noun
  • The war is now concentrated in the Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Nile states, with drone warfare causing 60% of casualties, according to UNICEF.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • When fighting resumed, the ongoing number of civilian casualties and wide destruction in the Gaza Strip remained high.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Definition of casualties
Noun
  • Critics argue that hoarding makes spaces harder to navigate and turns homes into storage units or accidents waiting to happen.
    — Shivali H. Patra, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • There’s so many interactions between us and fabulous accidents that just happen.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Definition of accidents
Noun
  • These include supernovae and other cataclysms, such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), some of which arise from colliding black holes or neutron stars and are among the most powerful explosions in the universe.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • These cataclysms locked inside the Delaware Basin more than 46 billion barrels of technically recoverable crude oil, and 281 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of cataclysms
Noun
  • More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Definition of croppers
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