Katastrophe — meaning in English
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English meaning
- catastrophe noun A sudden, large-scale disaster with severe consequences.
- disaster noun A sudden event, natural or man-made, that causes serious damage, loss of life, or destruction.
Senses
Katastrophe is used for these senses in English:
- catastrophe Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
- disaster An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
disaster — full definition
- noun A sudden event, natural or man-made, that causes serious damage, loss of life, or destruction.
- noun An event or situation that turns out very badly.