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Definitions for catastrophic
cat·a·stroph·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. catastrophic, ruinousadjective

    extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

    "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

Wiktionary

  1. catastrophicadjective

    Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.

  2. catastrophicadjective

    Disastrous; ruinous.

ChatGPT

  1. catastrophic

    Catastrophic refers to a sudden and widespread disaster or tragedy that causes great damage and suffering. It can also refer to an event or situation that is extremely harmful and devastating, potentially leading to severe disruption and irreversible changes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Catastrophicadjective

    of a pertaining to a catastrophe

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of catastrophic in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of catastrophic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of catastrophic in a Sentence

  1. Susan Wild:

    In order to move forward, our country will need to receive answers and accountability regarding the cascading failures that led us to this catastrophic moment, and I look forward to using my platform on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to secure answers from the President Biden Administration about what went wrong, our troops deserve nothing less than a complete and unvarnished account of the truth.

  2. Tedros Adhanom:

    If we hoard vaccines and we are not sharing, there will be three major problems. One, I have said it, it will be a catastrophic moral failure and two it keeps the pandemic burning and three very slow global economy recovery, so it is our choice and I hope we will choose the right things.

  3. David Sykes:

    There was no reason we could have predicted that injury( to Triumph Hurdle favorite Sir Erec), beforehand, when Triumph Hurdle favorite Sir Erec was checked, the vets reported Triumph Hurdle favorite Sir Erec moved well and had no indication of lameness or injuries. We are never going to stop those sort of catastrophic injuries.

  4. Espen Johansen:

    But if I put on my paranoia hat, this could have been catastrophic, if you are a big intelligence agency somewhere in the world and you want to harvest as much information as possible, you of course go for the convergence points, it's a given fact.

  5. Suzel Prio:

    The election of Le Pen would be catastrophic. It would be worse for the refugees, it would be worse for the most vulnerable people in France.

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