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noun
(1)
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"The earthquake was a disaster"
(2)
A sudden violent change in the earth's surface
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, from Latinized Greek , from , from , from + .
Noun
A sudden, violent event.
A sudden and violent change in the
earth
's crust.
A great
flood
.
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