Calamities
Setbacks and calamities are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setbacks" instead a noun "Calamities".
Setbacks
Calamities and setbacks are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Calamities" instead a noun "Setbacks".
Both words in one sentence
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Contractual Genre Blindness: Sarge is very aware that setting off a bomb in the core will not stabilize the planet, but believes it necessary to have several dramatic setbacks and calamities before finding the solution the the planet's instability.
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Setbacks and Calamities. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/calamities/setbacks
Calamities & Setbacks. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/calamities/setbacks>.
Setbacks or Calamities. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/calamities/setbacks.
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