catastrophe

catastrophe has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
• n.. 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.
• n.. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
• n.. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
• n.. 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"