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tragedy
noun as in disaster
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adversity, calamity, catastrophe, failure, hardship, humiliation, misfortune, mishap, shock, struggle, woe, wreck
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affliction, blight, blow, cataclysm, contretemps, curse, curtains, dole, dolor, doom, downer, lot, misadventure, mischance, reverse, waterloo
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Example Sentences
Amid escalating conflict in the Middle East and heightened political sensitivities, it remains to be seen how audiences will receive a film that revisits a tragedy that still haunts many today.
The two-time Grammy award winner has suffered personal tragedy in recent years, after the 2017 Manchester bombing of her concert and the death of her former partner Mac Miller a year later.
I suppose this was my way of extracting some purpose from a personal tragedy.
The irony and the tragedy are that during the interval between Harris’ debut as the nominee-apparent in late July and the debate in mid-September, the Democrats finally got their act together.
The group will assess structural integrity and recommend safety measures in an effort to prevent future tragedies.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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