Dictionary Entry
catastrophe
catastrophe is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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; great misfortune. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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; great misfortune.
- 2noun
The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"
- 5noun
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
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- 6noun
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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