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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

   "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"

   "the earthquake was a disaster"

   Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy

5. noun. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

   Synonyms: cataclysm

6. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: disaster

Synonyms

calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy

Common word forms

catastrophes

Words from these letters

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