1) Accident 2) Apocalypse 3) Calamity 4) Cataclysm 5) Completion 6) Disaster 7) Doom 8) Mishap 9) Ruin 10) Tragedy
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1) Ancient Greek theatre 2) Australian hip hop musician 3) Bad luck 4) Calamity 5) Cataclysm 6) Debacle 7) Deluge 8) Disaster 9) Great misfortune 10) Havok 11) Misfortune 12) Play by Samuel Beckett 13) Tragedy 14) Upheaval
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- 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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A catastrophe is an extremely large-scale disaster, a horrible event. Catastrophe comes from the Greek word καταστροφή, meaning `overturn.` The term may also refer to: ...
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[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 death of one or more main characters. It is the final ...
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The action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the denouement or falling action of a play. One example is the dueling scene in Act V of Hamlet in which Hamlet dies, along with Laertes, King Claudius, and Queen Gertrude.
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• (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 event producing a subversion of the order or syst...
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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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an event that causes sudden decreases of population size or the entire elimination of subpopulations (Ewens et al. 1980:62).
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an event that causes sudden decreases of population size or the entire elimination of subpopulations (Ewens et al. 1987:62).
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an event that causes sudden decreases of population size or the entire elimination of subpopulations (Ewens et al. 198762).
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The 'turning downward' of the plot in a classical tragedy. By tradition, the catastrophe occurs in t
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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 calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; ...
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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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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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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, flood, or any other natural process; a cataclysm....
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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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An unpredictable event that has a strong effect on a population.
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