as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
this latest breakdown of the car is inconvenient, but not a calamity
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Recent Examples of calamity
In both, the protagonist is awoken by the game’s main heroine, have completely lost their memory, and both focus on the survivors of a great calamity — with Earth being destroyed in Xenoblade, and Ganon destroying Hyrule in Zelda.
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Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Despite the calamity over the fees themselves, U.S. sentiment toward the actions against China are largely supported by citizens and lawmakers across parties—especially the latter, which have introducing bipartisan legislation to revitalize American shipbuilding.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2025
Wildcat Dome’s characters can’t escape the calamities that marked their lives—and their country’s history.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
For more on the coming calamity about AGI and international power plays, see my analysis at the link here and the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Despite the calamity over the fees themselves, U.S. sentiment toward the actions against China are largely supported by citizens and lawmakers across parties—especially the latter, which have introducing bipartisan legislation to revitalize American shipbuilding.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2025
Wildcat Dome’s characters can’t escape the calamities that marked their lives—and their country’s history.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
For more on the coming calamity about AGI and international power plays, see my analysis at the link here and the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
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Last month, the EU Commission urged its 450 million citizens to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours in the event of emergencies like cyberattacks, climate disasters, disease and also geopolitical conflicts.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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The disaster led to passage of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act, which in turn added the miners' surveillance program under the respiratory health division at NIOSH.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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The exquisite adaptation of the popular video game delivered a stunning first season in early 2023 that reanimated the zombie apocalypse genre.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Bondsman never seems to know quite how seriously to take the state of Hub’s soul, or the looming possibility of apocalypse, or all the many, many deaths along the way.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2025
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These events devastate local communities not just as the tragedy unfolds but in its aftermath.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Instagram comment sections are flooded with hearts and flowers; the media memorializes a tragedy.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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