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calamitous
adjective as in disastrous; tragic
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The Peronists, for their part, offer little except a return to the calamitous past.
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“You come here for a unique window into this pivotal calamitous moment that wiped out the dinosaurs and made the modern world as we know it,” Mr. Lacovara says.
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The immediate cause of his calamitous fin de régime is now clear.
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Their problems on the square continued with the calamitous run out of Gill, who at times in the series has seemed immovable.
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“This is one of the most calamitous and devastating bills of our lifetime.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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