catastrophe
21catastrophe — noun (C, U) 1 a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction or many people are injured or die: the catastrophe of a worldwide conflict | The oil spill threatens an unparalleled ecological catastrophe. 2 an event or situation which is… …
22catastrophe — UK [kəˈtæstrəfɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms catastrophe : singular catastrophe plural catastrophes a) an event that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer an economic/humanitarian/natural catastrophe b) used about an event… …
23catastrophe — [[t]kətæ̱strəfi[/t]] catastrophes N COUNT A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe... If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe, advanced economies… …
24catastrophe — ca|tas|tro|phe [ kə tæstrəfi ] noun count an event that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer: DISASTER: an economic/humanitarian/natural catastrophe a. used about an event that causes serious difficulty for a particular person… …
25catastrophe — katastrofa statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. catastrophe vok. Katastrophe, f rus. катастрофа, f pranc. catastrophe, f …
26catastrophe — noun Etymology: Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata + strephein to turn Date: 1540 1. the final event of the dramatic action especially of a tragedy 2. a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter …
27catastrophe (en) — loc.adv. Immédiatement, toutes affaires cessantes : Quand il l a su, il s est ramené en catastrophe …
28catastrophe — noun the flood of ’82 was the worst catastrophe in the town s history Syn: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, holocaust, havoc, ruin, ruination, tragedy; adversity, blight, trouble, trial, tribulation …
29catastrophe — [kəˈtæstrəfi] noun [C] an event that causes a lot of damage, or makes a lot of people suffer Syn: disaster an economic/natural catastrophe[/ex] …
30catastrophe — katastrofa statusas T sritis apsauga nuo naikinimo priemonių apibrėžtis Didelė netikėta nelaimė, įvykis, kurio padariniai tragiški: griūva pastatai, statiniai, naikinamos materialinės vertybės, žalojami ir žūva žmonės. atitikmenys: angl.… …
