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
In both, the protagonist is awoken by the game’s main heroine, have completely lost their memory, and both focus on the survivors of a great calamity — with Earth being destroyed in Xenoblade, and Ganon destroying Hyrule in Zelda.
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Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Kathy, largely invisible, has suffered more serious calamity.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
When calamity strikes, Sugamoto visits the countryside resort Rin has taken over to combat his grief, uniting two people for whom life has been an unbearable procession of yearning and loss.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite the calamity over the fees themselves, U.S. sentiment toward the actions against China are largely supported by citizens and lawmakers across parties—especially the latter, which have introducing bipartisan legislation to revitalize American shipbuilding.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2025
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Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Kathy, largely invisible, has suffered more serious calamity.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
When calamity strikes, Sugamoto visits the countryside resort Rin has taken over to combat his grief, uniting two people for whom life has been an unbearable procession of yearning and loss.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite the calamity over the fees themselves, U.S. sentiment toward the actions against China are largely supported by citizens and lawmakers across parties—especially the latter, which have introducing bipartisan legislation to revitalize American shipbuilding.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
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The disaster led to passage of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act, which in turn added the miners' surveillance program under the respiratory health division at NIOSH.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Last month, the EU Commission urged its 450 million citizens to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours in the event of emergencies like cyberattacks, climate disasters, disease and also geopolitical conflicts.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Bondsman never seems to know quite how seriously to take the state of Hub’s soul, or the looming possibility of apocalypse, or all the many, many deaths along the way.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2025
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But these posthumous men have already survived an apocalypse of a kind.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Room Next Door shares the same theme, allowing director Pedro Almodóvar to address Covid-era tragedy, much as directing team Scott McGehee and David Siegel do in The Friend.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Kilmer’s passion for performing was fostered early — during an active, adventurous childhood in Chatsworth, Calif., making homemade films and plays alongside his brothers Mark and Wesley — and also shaped by tragedy.—
Kara Warner,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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