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Catastrophe comes from a Greek word meaning what?

catastrophe

[kuh-tas-truh-fee] / kəˈtæs trə fi /


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"For some people it's a catastrophe and some things are not acceptable," he admits.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"They have not picked up that there was this financial catastrophe coming along."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The catastrophe was so great that for several moments no other sound escaped the keeper.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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

The August 26 disaster, one of Nepal's worst climate-linked catastrophes, brought grief but also anger.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

A few million years ago, when human beings first evolved on Earth, it was already a middle-aged world, 4.6 billion years along from the catastrophes and impetuosities of its youth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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