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as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the earthquake and the ensuing damage was the worst tragedy to ever befall the city
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as in misfortune
bad luck or an example of this
it's the tragedy of many great artists not to be recognized for their genius until after they're dead
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Recent Examples of tragedy
Her personal life, however, was filled with tragedy.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
Mayor Mike Duggan released a seven-point plan to improve access to services for homeless people following the tragedy, including expanding night outreach teams.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
Browne has unique experience in helping Texas families through tragedy, having supported families in the wake of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
In a shocking tragedy that has shaken the music and television communities, American Idol’s longtime music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, musician Thomas Deluca, were found fatally shot in their $4.5 million Encino home on Monday, July 14.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 16 July 2025
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
Mayor Mike Duggan released a seven-point plan to improve access to services for homeless people following the tragedy, including expanding night outreach teams.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
Browne has unique experience in helping Texas families through tragedy, having supported families in the wake of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
In a shocking tragedy that has shaken the music and television communities, American Idol’s longtime music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, musician Thomas Deluca, were found fatally shot in their $4.5 million Encino home on Monday, July 14.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragedy
Noun
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For these communities and others like them (our thoughts are with the people of Central Texas), several days of disaster usually means years of arduous reconstruction.—
Louis Gritzo,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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In any disaster, responding quickly can help save people and salve the harm.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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When a child is harmed, her parent, in scrambling to make sense of her family’s sorrow and misfortune, may settle on blaming the person closest at hand.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 July 2025
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Some shook their legs nervously, others gave death glares to folks with the misfortune of sitting on creaky chairs.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 June 2025
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If the answer was yes, then the jobs apocalypse might arrive sooner than even Amodei had predicted.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Like yesterday, and the days before, she is interred in the ground up to her waist, the afterthought of some unnamed apocalypse.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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So 1% may actually shock businesses into wondering if another calamity is lurking around the corner, prompting them to hunker down and wait rather than expand, Roach warned.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 July 2025
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Four Lessons From The Field From the Microsoft mix-up to real-world calamities, there are critical takeaways for any security-conscious organization: 1.—
Chris Bowen,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Tragedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragedy. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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