| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
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accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck |
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benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
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affliction, bad break, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer, drag*, evil eye, hard knocks, hard times, hardship, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids, pain in the neck, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst, tough luck, trial, trouble |
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aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
| Main Entry: | apocalypse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass destruction |
Synonyms: |
Armageddon, annihilation, cataclysm, catastrophe, decimation, devastation, end of the world, holocaust |
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
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adversity, affliction, blue ruin, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, holy mess, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, the worst, trial, tribulation, unholy mess, visitation, waterloo, woe, wreck, wretchedness |
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advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit |
| Main Entry: | casualty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
Synonyms: |
blow, calamity, catastrophe, chance, contingency, debacle, disaster, misadventure, misfortune, mishap |
| Main Entry: | cataclysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
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calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch, curtains, debacle, deluge, disturbance, double trouble, flood, flooding, holy mess, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess, upheaval, waterloo, woe |
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boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downfall, breakdown |
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bankruptcy, basket case, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave-in, conk out, crackup, crash, debacle, destruction, disintegration, disorganization, disruption, exhaustion, failure, faint, flop, prostration, ruination, ruining, smash, smashup, subsidence, undoing, wreck |
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build-up, increase, rise, success |
| Main Entry: | crisis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical situation |
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big trouble, catastrophe, change, climacteric, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, hot potato, hour of decision, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth, necessity, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, plight, point of no return, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency |
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calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, loss |
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accident, adulteration, adversity, affliction, bane, blemish, blow, breakage, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, cave-in, contamination, corruption, debasement, depreciation, deprivation, destruction, deterioration, detriment, devastation, disservice, disturbance, evil, hardship, harm, hurt, illness, impairment, infliction, knockout, marring, mischief, mishap, mutilation, outrage, pollution, ravage, reverse, ruin, ruining, spoilage, stroke, suffering, waste, wound, wreckage, wrecking, wrong |
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advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, favor, improvement, profit |
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
Synonyms: |
act of God, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fell stroke, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, hard luck, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, setback, slip, stroke, the worst, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout, woe |
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blessing, good fortune, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder |