catastrophic
Example Sentences
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“The medical staff, they didn’t know English, and for me that was catastrophic,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
A day after federal prosecutors announced that the catastrophic Palisades fire was caused by the rekindling of a smaller arson fire days earlier, Los Angeles city officials were in damage control mode.
From Los Angeles Times
Baldy changes after a winter storm, when the upper reaches are blanketed in snow and ice and a slip in the wrong place can lead to a catastrophic, unstoppable fall.
From Los Angeles Times
Professor Stavros Stivaros from Royal Manchester Children Hospital, said there was catastrophic bleeding to Jensen-Lee's brain as well as the spinal cord even though there were no outward signs of any injuries.
From BBC
But that doesn’t appear to be the case with the recent Bithumb activity, representing a “catastrophic failure of internal controls,” said Lee Jung-soo, who advises the South Korean government on digital-asset policy.
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