calamity
bencana
definition
noun
the fire was the latest calamity to strike the area
an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
translation of 'calamity'
noun
mala,
bencana,
celaka besar,
malapetaka
example
emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a 'calamity'
One morning's natural 'calamity' has delivered tens of thousands of new victims.
It wasn't long before an even greater 'calamity' than sea sickness set upon them.
Speaking of the next step, for families who have lost someone in this 'calamity' , what's the next step for them?
To the extent that the pessimism is based on fears of an election day terrorist 'calamity' , it's hard to argue with.
What new 'calamity' could be taking shape in the odd disasters of recent weeks?
the journey had led to 'calamity' and ruin
Whenever any 'calamity' , disaster or accident occurs, their team arrives there as volunteers for relief work.
It has shown its capacity to plan ahead and be ever ready for any 'calamity' or disaster that may beset the country.
The liberation brought fresh 'calamity' and distress for those Jews who had survived the Holocaust.
Yes, this country could be devastated by terrorism, or a meteor strike, or some economic 'calamity' .
Plan for stress, say the experts, just like you plan ahead for any 'calamity' you want to avoid.
The worst economic 'calamity' to befall a family, and especially women and children, is divorce.
The areas that were most damaged by the 'calamity' is certainly back on its feet.
the fire was the latest 'calamity' to strike the area
Nearly every 'calamity' and malady known to humankind has a saint to look after it.
In the face of this 'calamity' , the puzzle remains why so many settlers moved to a place that turned out to be so inhospitable.
Before the oil well 'calamity' , villagers there led a peaceful life, getting along with each other in harmony.
the journey had led to 'calamity' and ruin
After unloading, I decided it would be prudent to park in the lot rather than risk further 'calamity' .
Which devastating 'calamity' is to come our way, hyperinflation or collapsing deflation?
There were those indeed who believed this 'calamity' marked the end of the world.
The skipper was experienced and had faced worse seas before and so sudden was the 'calamity' which overwhelmed him that he was unable to send out a Mayday call.
Earth was among the many planets destroyed in this 'calamity' , and many humans were lost also.
There followed an utterly 'calamitous' war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives on each side and bankrupted both countries.
Your football club has arch-rivals and you will be looking out for in the hope that they'll lose 'calamitously' .
Before Christmas, workman burst a water main in the street with a mechanical digger causing 'calamitous' flooding.
They are propaganda in which the media has played the most 'calamitously' bad role in its history, egging the people on to war.
It's inspired by horror movies in which the insect population is 'calamitously' augmented in size and belligerence by nuclear testing.
And so it goes: human presence leads then to a 'calamitous' drop-off in the population of caribou.
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