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
While fireworks were the cause of any injuries last Halloween, Gardaí are adamant that the crackers can cause 'catastrophic' damage to children and adults alike.
The institutionalization of welfare was 'catastrophic' because of the extremely high rates of mortality that typically characterized these asylums.
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.
You built your whole life around these relationships, it's no wonder that the damage is so 'catastrophic' for you.
The upper plate moves seaward, and a massive tsunami can be produced along with 'catastrophic' destruction from earthquake shaking.
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.
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.
For the big stars (at least 8 times more massive than the Sun), this collapse is 'catastrophic' .
In five years time, will I have forgotten how gut-wrenchingly awful 'catastrophic' data loss feels?
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.
Forecasters are warning that a hurricane making landfall at or near New York City could cause 'catastrophic' damage in the U.S.'s largest urban center.
An abrupt and 'catastrophic' rise of tens of degrees was conceivable, Brooks wrote, ‘perhaps in the course of a single season.’
In the enormous densities of the early moments of the Big Bang the result would have been a 'catastrophic' annihilation of matter and antimatter into radiation.
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.
Officials say the hurricane could cause 'catastrophic' damage.
As a result of the aircrew's actions, no injuries were suffered while preventing potentially 'catastrophic' damage to a valuable combat asset.
A number of contrasting geological processes can produce circular structures, ranging from 'catastrophic' gas expulsion to form pockmark craters to meteorite impacts.
In contrast, the mineralized zones, above the topography created by the pre-mineralization igneous rocks, were not affected by this 'catastrophic' sedimentation.
In an instant, an avalanche of electrons is rolling over the surface in a 'catastrophic' flashover.
Those living in the most economically deprived areas receive the worst care and suffer 'catastrophic' economic consequences from their illness.
But sooner or later, a large object will threaten to hit the earth-moon system causing 'catastrophic' damage.
The damage, described as 'catastrophic' , caused failure to all of the networks which make up telecommunication infrastructure on the island.
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.
The magnitude of the natural disaster that the Indian Ocean rim countries suffered from the 'catastrophic' earthquake and tsunami is said to be the worst in living memory.
Tonight those winds are picking up in the Mexican resort town of Cancun, which could suffer 'catastrophic' damage from this powerful storm.
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.
By the early nineties, the damage was inescapable and 'catastrophic' .
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 nomination, unfortunately, was followed by a truly 'catastrophic' general election campaign in which he won only six states.
The 'catastrophic' plague losses of the Black Death helped fuel an obsession with the afterlife and to popularize chantries.
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