catastrophic
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the belligerents realized that attacking this critical infrastructure threatened to create a catastrophic humanitarian disaster.
From Salon
Alasdair McDiarmid, assistant general secretary of the Community union, said there could have been "catastrophic" financial and social impacts had the government "sat on its hands" and not stepped in so quickly.
From BBC
Even after a catastrophic mass extinction, ecosystems can begin rebuilding within only a few thousand years, with new species emerging far sooner than scientists once thought.
From Science Daily
Law emphasizes that the new findings do not predict catastrophic changes in Greenland or elsewhere.
From Science Daily
Somewhere over the winter, as defeats piled up and Spurs tumbled down the standings, they had entered a catastrophic nosedive.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
