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Definitions for catastrophic
cat·a·stroph·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
catastrophic, ruinousadjective
extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
"a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"
Wiktionary
catastrophicadjective
Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
catastrophicadjective
Disastrous; ruinous.
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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
Catastrophicadjective
of a pertaining to a catastrophe
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of catastrophic in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of catastrophic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of catastrophic in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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- كارثيArabic
- catastròficCatalan, Valencian
- katastrofickýCzech
- katastrophal, Katastrophen-German
- καταστροφικόςGreek
- katastrofaEsperanto
- catastróficoSpanish
- hukatuslikEstonian
- désastreux, catastrophiqueFrench
- आपत्तिजनकHindi
- bencanaIndonesian
- ದುರಂತKannada
- katastrofalnyPolish
- catastrofal, dezastruoasă, catastrofic, dezastruos, catastroficăRomanian
- катастрофныйRussian
- katastrofalan, katastrofalniSerbo-Croatian
- หายนะThai
- تباہ کنUrdu
- katastrofikVolapük
- 災難性的Chinese
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