catastrophic
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definition
adjective
a catastrophic earthquake
involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.
catastrophic mismanagement of the economy
extremely unfortunate or unsuccessful.
example
Music fans have been warned to turn down or switch off their iPods amid fears the craze for MP3 players is storing up 'catastrophic' and irreversible hearing damage for a generation.
Similarly, Darwin also describes the formations of rocks and minerals from the 'catastrophic' effects of dynamic geological periods.
In five years time, will I have forgotten how gut-wrenchingly awful 'catastrophic' data loss feels?
Any sharp changes in the temperature proxy would then be caused by 'catastrophic' interglacial climate oscillations.
Working together as a team, the three were able to quickly extinguish the fire and prevent further potentially 'catastrophic' damage until fire trucks could respond to the aircraft.
By the early nineties, the damage was inescapable and 'catastrophic' .
More than twenty years after Rampton's landmark report, years of failure to educate Black children have been 'catastrophic' for those young people and their communities.
A number of contrasting geological processes can produce circular structures, ranging from 'catastrophic' gas expulsion to form pockmark craters to meteorite impacts.
The upper plate moves seaward, and a massive tsunami can be produced along with 'catastrophic' destruction from earthquake shaking.
Intravenous fluid loading before, during, and after rescue may protect against a 'catastrophic' fall in blood pressure that can follow sudden release after prolonged entrapment.
‘It's capable of causing 'catastrophic' damage but, of course, what we're really worried about is the loss of lives,’ he added.
The nomination, unfortunately, was followed by a truly 'catastrophic' general election campaign in which he won only six states.
In no other area of the housing market has the intervention of government been so pronounced, so unsuccessful in its implementation, and so 'catastrophic' in its effect.
In an instant, an avalanche of electrons is rolling over the surface in a 'catastrophic' flashover.
It is a huge pandemic that's affecting the whole world and will, unless it's stemmed in some way or other, it's going to have 'catastrophic' consequences for the economy of the world.
This case, and the handling of it by some of the Met's most senior officers, has done potentially 'catastrophic' damage to the police's reputation for even the most basic level of competence.
His life takes a sudden twist when a strong earthquake and aftershocks cause 'catastrophic' damage to the subway system, trapping a train and its handful of passengers in harm's way.
For the big stars (at least 8 times more massive than the Sun), this collapse is 'catastrophic' .
Tonight those winds are picking up in the Mexican resort town of Cancun, which could suffer 'catastrophic' damage from this powerful storm.
The worst storm, a Category 5, has winds greater than 155 mph and can cause 'catastrophic' damage.
Based on the recent evidence, we can estimate that the chances of an asteroid doing 'catastrophic' damage in the next century are approximately one in 5000.
The damage, described as 'catastrophic' , caused failure to all of the networks which make up telecommunication infrastructure on the island.
The 'catastrophic' damage resulting from the 1906 earthquake proved to be the springboard for a century of advances in the understanding and science of earthquakes.
The 'catastrophic' plague losses of the Black Death helped fuel an obsession with the afterlife and to popularize chantries.
The fact is that disasters come in a thousand different shapes and sizes, and they don't have to all be 'catastrophic' to do significant damage.
As a result of the aircrew's actions, no injuries were suffered while preventing potentially 'catastrophic' damage to a valuable combat asset.
You built your whole life around these relationships, it's no wonder that the damage is so 'catastrophic' for you.
In contrast, the mineralized zones, above the topography created by the pre-mineralization igneous rocks, were not affected by this 'catastrophic' sedimentation.
For years scientists and engineers have warned that a major hurricane could inflict 'catastrophic' damage on the city.
Those living in the most economically deprived areas receive the worst care and suffer 'catastrophic' economic consequences from their illness.
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