calamity

[US]/kəˈlæməti/
[UK]/kəˈlæməti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

English definition: n. a great misfortune or disaster; catastrophe.

Phrases & Collocations

natural calamity

Example Sentences

bear a calamity with fortitude

the journey had led to calamity and ruin.

They have issued the calamity-stricken people with food.

The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.

I little knew then that such calamity would summon me hither!.

natural calamities seemed to be the work of a wrathful deity.

If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.

The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.

A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.See Synonyms at disaster

Although of war and natural calamities everywhere asecene of devastation met the eye, you can still differentiate and analyze its hesternal charming and graceful bearing.

We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.

It is perhaps not too much to say that any calamity the moment it is apprehended by the reason alone loses nearly all its power to disturb and unfix us.

Real-world Examples

This was a calamity too deep for tears.

Source: Gone with the Wind

A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Air pollution is another modern calamity that affects large cities and industrial areas.

Source: VOA Standard October 2014 Collection

And why some insurance companies call in their own firefighters to help prevent a calamity.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation August 2013

The president of the Philippines declared a state of national calamity.

Source: CNN Listening November 2013 Collection

Unlike the cavemen of yesteryear, today we have the knowledge required to avert a cavity calamity.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

When we have these climate calamities, everyone's affected, but women and children are affected in particular.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

And speaking " shellfishly" , that would be a calamity.

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science (Selected Bilingual)

I've never seen this sort of calamity.

Source: NPR News September 2022 Compilation

This crisis was not caused by drought or flood. It is a man-made calamity created by conflict.

Source: VOA Standard August 2014 Collection

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