calamity

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a serious disaster or misfortune that causes great damage or loss

The storm caused a calamity in the coastal village.

• Many families faced a calamity after the flood destroyed their homes.
• The economic crisis turned into a calamity for the unemployed workers.
• Historical records show that the plague was a calamity that reshaped European societies.
• Scholars argue that climate change may become a global calamity if mitigation efforts fail.

• natural calamity · doğal felaket The earthquake was a natural calamity that devastated the region.
• be a calamity for sth The new tax law proved to be a calamity for small businesses.
• suffer a calamity The family suffered a calamity when their house burned down.

sb: birisi · sth: bir şey

benzer: disastercatastrophe

daha basit: misfortune

zıt: blessing