1 a sudden disaster that causes many people to suffer:
Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe.
2 an event that causes one person or a group of people personal suffering, or that makes difficulties:
The attempt to expand the business was a catastrophe for the firm. * We've had a few catastrophes with the food for the party.
catastrophic adjective:
catastrophic effects / losses / results * (AmE) a catastrophic illness (= one that costs a very large amount to treat)
catastrophically adverb:
to fail catastrophically
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