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catastrophic

[ kat-uh-strof-ik ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous:

    a catastrophic failure of the dam.



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Other Word Forms

  • a·ٰDZi·· adverb
  • ԴDzc··ٰDZi adjective
  • ԴDzc··ٰDZi·· adverb
  • p·a·ٰDZi adjective
  • ܲc··ٰDZi adjective
  • ܲc··ٰDZi·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of catastrophic1

First recorded in 1820–30; from Greek 첹ٲٰDZ󾱰ó, equivalent to catastroph(e) ( def ) + -ic ( def )
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Women have two X chromosomes, while males have X and Y, meaning the appearance of the gene can be more catastrophic in male pregnancies.

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That would be "catastrophic for our business," Le says.

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Calling this a constitutional crisis undersells the catastrophic implications of the emergency.

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Isaiah suffered "catastrophic" brain damage after being deprived of oxygen at birth and died in March 2018.

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It was against that backdrop Onana made a catastrophic mistake for Lyon's opening goal in the 2-2 draw, then erred for the injury-time equaliser, the negativity for that heightened massively by the first inexplicable blunder.

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