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catastrophe

[kuh-tas-truh-fee] / kəˈtæs trə fi /


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The U.S. solar energy transition could slow if the supply of Chinese-made solar panels were suddenly cut off, for instance, but that wouldn’t be an immediate national-security catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scientists link the catastrophe to intense greenhouse conditions, oxygen loss in the oceans, widespread acidification, and massive volcanic eruptions tied to the breakup of the ancient Pangaean supercontinent.

From Science Daily

The teenagers huddled around the table leap into action, shouting instructions and acting out the correct strategies for just one of the potential catastrophes laid out in the board game called Master of Disaster.

From Barron's

Barring a catastrophe, the benchmark index will post its third consecutive annual gain, bringing its total rise over that period to 80%.

From Barron's

What we have, instead, is a Parisian pageant, energetically rearranging how some things looked in a few precious years between the catastrophes of the two world wars.

From The Wall Street Journal