Catastrophe and Event

Catastrophe

Catastrophe noun - A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction.

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Event and catastrophe are semantically related in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Event" instead a noun "Catastrophe".

Nearby Word: catastrophic

Event noun - Something that happens.

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Catastrophe and event are semantically related in occurrence topic. Sometimes you can use "Catastrophe" instead a noun "Event".

Nearby Words: eventual, eventful, eventuality, eventless

similar	similar catastrophe	similar event
public	public catastrophe	public event
future	future catastrophe	future event
current	current catastrophe	current event
Other adjectives: actual, entire, massive, big, huge, bad, terrible, horrible, tragic, supernatural, new, major, possible, mysterious, unknown, apocalyptic, unspecified, recent, magical, upcoming, aforementioned, unexplained.

Not a Tragic Mistake, as this event then galvanizes him to devote his life to heroically fighting crime instead of propelling him towards a tragic catastrophe.

Source: Laser-Guided Karma
In Real Life, many who are into "prepping" debate the intelligence of keeping a bike for transportation in the event of catastrophe.

Source: No Bikes in the Apocalypse
In the event of a catastrophe that shuts it down, fourteen people from around the world have been entrusted with seven keycards to restart the internet.

Source: Rule of Seven

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