catastrophic
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And if even one of those delicate matters falls through, the catastrophic disruption promulgated by the strait’s closure is likely to last indefinitely.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Such discrepancies would be catastrophic for our standardized world, but so long as this “wonky” means of telling the hours was shared by the entire community, it was accurate enough.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
On Monday, the public inquiry identified "catastrophic" parental and local authority failings, with a "merry-go-round" of referrals, assessments and "hand-offs" between agencies failing to stop the "predictable and preventable" attack.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“A comedy of catastrophic proportions” is the movie’s tagline, which calls to mind Cruise’s “Tropic Thunder” character Les Grossman.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
In the month and a half between the first signs and the catastrophic eruption, hundreds of scientists worked to try to understand what was happening.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Vocabulary lists containing catastrophic
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