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calamity
noun as in disaster; tragedy
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Example Sentences
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“There is going to be a calamity, and whenever there is a calamity, Merrill is there.”
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Her offense was unforgivable: she had saved him from a calamity.
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The Filipino government had declared a state of calamity across the country in preparation for Typhoon Fung-wong and in the wake of Kalmaegi.
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The Philippines government declared a state of calamity across the country after Typhoon Kalmaegi and in preparation for the coming storm.
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Someone should have pointed out that it could wait until the world wasn’t one tiny mistake from calamity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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