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Catastrophic   /kˌætəstrˈɑfɪk/   Listen
Catastrophic

adjective
1.
Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin.  Synonym: ruinous.  "Catastrophic illness" , "A ruinous course of action"



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"Catastrophic" Quotes from Famous Books



... been all but imperceptibly gradual. After a while she rarely spoke of her husband. The name of Leonard Boyce was never mentioned between us. With her as with me, the weeks ate up the uneventful days and the months the uneventful weeks. In her humdrum life the falling away of Mrs. Tufton loomed catastrophic. ...
— The Red Planet • William J. Locke


Words linked to "Catastrophic" :   ruinous, harmful, catastrophic illness


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