Look up: catastrophe

1. Catastrophe
   [drama] In drama, particularly the tragedies of classical antiquity, the catastrophe is the final resolution in a poem or narrative plot, which unravels the intrigue and brings the piece to a close. In comedies, this may be a marriage between main characters; in tragedies, it may be the deat...
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2. Catastrophe
   A catastrophe is an extremely large-scale disaster, a horrible event. It may also refer to: ...
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3. catastrophe
   [n] - a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune 2. [n] - a sudden violent change in the earth`s surface
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4. catastrophe
   MSK seismic intensity scale XI Category: The cosmos
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5. Catastrophe
   A major change in the environment that causes extensive damage and usually widespread death, and occurs so infrequently that the effects of natural selection by similar events in the past (if they have ever occurred) do not remain in the 'genetic memory' of the species. The Mt St Helens volcanic eru...
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6. Catastrophe
   Ca·tas'tro·phe noun [ Latin catastropha , Greek ..., from ... to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + ... to turn.] 1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamit...
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7. catastrophe
   disaster noun a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; `lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system`; `his policies were a disaster`
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8. catastrophe
   cataclysm noun a sudden violent change in the earth`s surface
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9. Catastrophe
   • (n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy. • (n.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. • (n.) An...
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10. catastrophe
    in literature, the final action that completes the unraveling of the plot in a play, especially in a tragedy. Catastrophe is a synonym of denouement. ...
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11. catastrophe
    catastrophe 1. A terrible disaster or accident; especially, one that leads to a great loss of life. 2. A total or absolute failure, often in humiliating or embarrassing circumstances. 3. In geology, a violent seismic change; a sudden and violent change in the Earth's crust caused by an earthquake,...
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12. CATASTROPHE
    Term used for statistical recording purposes to refer to a single incident or a series of closely related incidents causing severe insured property losses totaling more than a given amount, currently $25 million.
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13. catastrophe
    The fifth act in a tragedy usually presents a catastrophe, when the protagonist dies (destructive ending). In comedies we speak of a dénouement.
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14. Catastrophe
    an event that causes sudden decreases of population size or the entire elimination of subpopulations (Ewens et al. 1980:62).
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15. catastrophe
    
    • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    • a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
    • a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
    
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16. Catastrophe
    [book] Catastrophe is a 2009 book co-written by American political commentator Dick Morris and his wife Eileen McGann, which spells out hypothetical catastrophic consequences of the Barack Obama administration policies and shows how the Obama administration could be stopped. ==Reception== Ca...
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