catastrophic

Speech parts

1. catastrophic - Adjective

2. catastrophic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ruinous devastating terrible destructive disastrous dire apocalyptic dreadful awful cataclysmic calamitous tragic pyrrhic armageddon black
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Antonyms

golden good lucky fantastic amazing dynamite
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Phrases with the word

catastrophic event damage on catastrophic scale destruction on catastrophic scale catastrophic flood catastrophic geology catastrophic plate tectonics

Examples

War 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

Close letter words and terms

catastrophe bond catastrophe theory catastrophe zone catastrophic backtracking catastrophic death catastrophic deposition