1. catastrophic - Adjective
2. catastrophic - Adjective Satellite
Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWar is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with. Lois McMaster Bujold
If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function. Charles W. Pickering
The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic. Ric Keller
You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance. Tracey Gold
Having no national system of catastrophic health insurance, we have, through the courts, managed to patch together pieces of a not very satisfactory one. Andrew Tobias
People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes. Elizabeth Kolbert