catastrophic

Example Sentences

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The war that followed was catastrophic for Lebanon and Hezbollah.

From BBC

What markets are currently pricing in is elevated tail risk, or odds of a catastrophic event.

From MarketWatch

But the conditions that make such catastrophic outcomes conceivable—growing technological, geopolitical, social, and environmental instability—are aligning in ways that warrant concern.

From Barron's

Knowing that something that seemed so 100 percent right, like saving the president of the United States, could actually have catastrophic consequences didn’t make it feel any less awful.

From Literature

“A carefully designed campaign is unlikely to trigger a widespread rush to claim unless framed in catastrophic terms.”

From MarketWatch