CATASTROPHE
\kɐtˈastɹəfɪ], \kɐtˈastɹəfɪ], \k_ɐ_t_ˈa_s_t_ɹ_ə_f_ɪ]\
Definitions of CATASTROPHE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
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An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An overturning: a final event: an unfortunate conclusion: a calamity.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The wind-up, or final issue; an unfortunate conclusion; a great calamity; a supposed violent convulsion of the globe, causing the elevation or subsidence of its solid parts.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A great calamity; a violent convulsion in nature; a final event; the conclusion of a series of events.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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