catastrophic
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk/
- Most of the time, they are neglected, sometimes with catastrophic results.
- a catastrophic event
- potentially catastrophic
- catastrophic floods
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it's, it's been catastrophic for our country.
- And it's, it's been catastrophic for our country.
- The result was catastrophic and preventable.
- I think you describe your first kind of proper catastrophic panic attack.
- When you do that, they usually end up as catastrophic decisions.
- People who are anxious will overestimate the catastrophic outcome of something.
- Like they have oriented their entire lives around this fear and preventing catastrophic risk from AI.
- The psychiatric fallout for their children was at times catastrophic and was always very challenging.
- Well, things were slightly less catastrophic in the morning.
- That is like a catastrophic or out of the sphere.
Examples
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The psychiatric fallout for their children was at times catastrophic and was always very challenging.
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The earthquake caused catastrophic damage to the city, leaving thousands without homes.
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And it's, it's been catastrophic for our country.
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We are playing with fire and something very, very catastrophic could take place.
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Any catastrophic weather event is possible these days.
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And of course it's with catastrophic consequences.
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Speaker, no deal would have catastrophic consequences for UK manufacturing.
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You know, you have to face the reality of the situation, you suffered catastrophic burns.
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The result was catastrophic and preventable.
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To keep the minds of the youth idle is catastrophic to development.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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5.1
Causing very great damage or sadness
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4.2
Causing great damage or harm
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3.5
Causing very great harm, suffering, or failure
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8.6
Relating to great damage and chaos like the end of the world
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9.1
Causing sudden very great damage to people, buildings or land
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7.0
Causing very serious harm to people or businesses
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7.9
An event that causes great harm or loss
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Causing very large, sudden destruction that changes a place
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A very serious illness that needs long hospital care and costs a lot
How Severe
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5.1
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7.0
125
3.5
∞
2.0
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2.6
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2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
catastrophic = catastrophe (transparent) = catastrophe + ic
Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-ic' from the noun 'catastrophe', so the meaning relates directly to that noun.
Etymology
Catastrophic comes from Greek parts kata- 'down' and strophe 'turning', so imagine something suddenly turning over or collapsing. That's why catastrophic describes events that cause sudden, very serious damage.