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Catastrophe comes from a Greek word meaning what?

catastrophe

[kuh-tas-truh-fee] / kəˈtæs trə fi /


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He said he feared a new Nakba -- "catastrophe" in Arabic -- referring to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people at the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Streeting "issues checklist for coping after catastrophe" and to "be prepared with 3 days of supplies", the Times reports.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

"If there's no sewage, in three days there'll be an epidemiological catastrophe," said Gorkutsenko.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

It surprised me at the time that the French people didn’t look at the catastrophe and ask: What have we become?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Its business was credit cards, not home loans, but it dealt with the same socioeconomic class of people whose home loan borrowing would end in catastrophe just a few years later.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

According to Jordan, the results demonstrate that the effects of catastrophes are rarely straightforward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Now, a long-awaited independent investigation commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom provides the most frank and in-depth review of the Jan. 7, 2025 catastrophes, and points out multiple shortcomings in governmental planning and response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

He also called for "speedy incident reporting, classification, and reporting protocols so the world can learn from failures before they become catastrophes".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Will his crew see this grandiose conspiracy through, despite their shifty partners and some last-minute catastrophes?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

It might be a good idea for us to understand comets and collisions and catastrophes a little better than we do.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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