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
The de facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies had produced domestic and global economic pressure that appeared on the brink of calamity.
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
This belies the notion that the CCP would be a reliable partner if the world ever faced calamity again.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
There was nothing left of the garage, and few signs that such a calamity had happened.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
Unlike previous economic calamities, like COVID (which had similar stock routs five years ago during Trump’s first term) or the 2008 financial crisis, this disaster is being caused by a single man.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
This belies the notion that the CCP would be a reliable partner if the world ever faced calamity again.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
There was nothing left of the garage, and few signs that such a calamity had happened.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
Unlike previous economic calamities, like COVID (which had similar stock routs five years ago during Trump’s first term) or the 2008 financial crisis, this disaster is being caused by a single man.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
Noun
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Though the Sixers remained a disaster without Embiid on the floor over those past two seasons, Maxey hit that 26-points-per-game mark and arrived as a star in this league.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The first episode features the recreation by actors of actual communication or lack of communication between the pilot and his junior officer that led to these disasters.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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As bad luck would have it, when Panahi’s film screened to critics this writer was trapped on an airplane as a minor apocalypse descended upon Nice airport.—
Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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And is vanilla cake easier in the zombie apocalypse because extract has a longer shelf life than cocoa powder?—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
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Few legacies in American motorsports carry the same weight, and even fewer families are as synonymous with both triumph and tragedy.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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More crucially, comedy and tragedy are allowed to coexist as parallel realities.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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