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1: the final event of the dramatic action especially of a tragedy2: a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin3 a: a violent and sudden change in a feature of the earth b: a violent usually destructive natural event (as a supernova)4: utter failure : fiasco <the party was a catastrophe>
— cat·a·stroph·ic
\ˌka-tə-ˈsträ-fik\
adjective
— cat·a·stroph·i·cal·ly
\-fi-k(ə-)lē\
adverb
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